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Old Post Office Penpont Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ

E1/2007/01887Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 31 October 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed building consent for the demolition of existing concrete block asbestos wc and timber corrugated iron covered way and alterations both internally and externally to change the division between two listed properties to create two 2- bedroomed dwellings to include renovation, restoration and repair [ card 0050 alt ]

Received
19 September 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Altarnun
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided31 Oct

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Old Post Office Penpont Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ. Cornwall has handled 2,431 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Altarnun conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 postcode area.

98% of heritage applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PL15 7SJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2007
Consultation expiry
27 October 2007
Consultation start
4 October 2007
Consultation end
27 October 2007
Target decision date
10 October 2007
Application expires
27 October 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period
38 days

Publicity

Site notice end
27 October 2007

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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