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Trefinnick Farm Trefinnick Road Bray Shop Callington PL17 8QD

PA12/07093Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 December 2012

Council decision: Approved with conditionsPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of photo voltaic power-plant (solar farm) with a total capacity of up to 5MW, electrical sub-station, power inverter stations, transformers, pole-mounted CCTV cameras, security fencing, access road and other associated works.

Received
25 July 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
15
Ward
St Ive
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Sep
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 149 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Trefinnick Farm Trefinnick Road Bray Shop Callington PL17 8QD. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 598 applications in total for the PL17 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
PL17 8QD
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2012
Consultation expiry
27 September 2012
Consultation start
6 September 2012
Consultation end
27 September 2012
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2012
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2012
Target decision date
24 October 2012
Committee meeting
25 October 2012
Application expires
5 October 2012
Permission expires
21 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Trehere Cottage Trewidland Liskeard Cornwall PL14 4SR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 August 2012
Advertisement expiry
21 September 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02069851
Documents
68
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
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    Variation of condition 12 of application no. PA12/07093

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)PA20/10862
  2. 2015
    12 Feb

    Variation of conditions 2 and 4 attached to decision notice PA12/07093

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)PA14/08074
  3. 2014
    6 Nov

    Non-material amendment to PA12/07093

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentPA14/10596
  4. 2014
    27 Aug

    Non-material amendment to PA12/07093

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentPA14/08143
  5. 2014
    11 Feb

    Non-material amendment for approval of the enclosed as-built plans with minor changes to the approved…

    WithdrawnNon-material amendmentAmendmentPA14/01305
  6. 2012
    31 Dec

    Submission of details to discharge conditions 7 and 13 in respect of Decision Notice Number PA12/07093

    S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA12/12141
  7. 2012
    25 Jul

    Installation of photo voltaic power-plant (solar farm) with a total capacity of up to 5MW, electrical…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA12/07093

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