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Old School School Hill Shortlanesend Truro Cornwall TR4 9GU

PA12/02596Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 July 2012

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations including creation of mezzanine level, and associated site works, to provide office accommodation.Change of use from horticultural and estate machinery workshop to a mixed A2 and B1 use.

Received
16 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Chacewater And Kenwyn
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 101 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Old School School Hill Shortlanesend Truro Cornwall TR4 9GU. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,205 applications in total for the TR4 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
TR4 9GU
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kenwyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2012
Consultation expiry
11 May 2012
Consultation start
13 April 2012
Consultation end
4 May 2012
Neighbour consultation start
12 April 2012
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2012
Target decision date
22 May 2012
Application expires
11 May 2012
Permission expires
6 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Bakery Malpas Road Truro Cornwall TR1 1QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 April 2012
Advertisement expiry
10 May 2012
Site notice start
20 April 2012
Site notice end
11 May 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01865776
Documents
17
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    16 Mar

    Internal and external alterations including creation of mezzanine level, and associated site works, to…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA12/02596
  2. 2012
    15 Mar

    Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including creation of mezzanine level and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA12/02569

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