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Land West Of South Wheatley Wheatley Road Maxworthy Launceston Cornwall

PA12/07626Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 January 2013

Council decision: Approved with conditionsPlanning committee

Proposal

Provision of 25MW Solar Park, substation and ancillary infrastructure

Received
10 August 2012
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
48
Ward
Launceston North
Agent
Laurence Associates
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided21 Jan

Decided in 152 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land West Of South Wheatley Wheatley Road Maxworthy Launceston Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 16 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address.

94% of full 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

Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
North Petherwin

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2012
Consultation expiry
2 November 2012
Consultation start
7 September 2012
Consultation end
28 September 2012
Neighbour consultation start
7 September 2012
Neighbour consultation end
28 September 2012
Target decision date
12 December 2012
Committee meeting
22 November 2012
Application expires
2 November 2012
Permission expires
21 January 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Laurence Associates
Agent address
Lemon House 14-15 Lemon Street Truro Cornwall TR1 2LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2012
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2012
Site notice start
4 October 2012
Site notice end
25 October 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02132777
Documents
32
Constraints
44

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

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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