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The Elms Penstraze Chacewater Truro TR4 8GB

PA13/07588Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 October 2013

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of existing agricultural buildings into a tea room and craft shop.

Received
21 August 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Chacewater, Kenwyn And Baldhu
Agent
Graham Bennett Architecture & Design
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Elms Penstraze Chacewater Truro TR4 8GB. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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).

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Application details

Postcode
TR4 8GB
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chacewater

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2013
Consultation expiry
3 October 2013
Consultation start
12 September 2013
Consultation end
3 October 2013
Neighbour consultation start
30 August 2013
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2013
Target decision date
16 October 2013
Permission expires
11 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Graham Bennett Architecture & Design
Agent address
Glanneth Farm Prospidnick Helston Cornwall TR13 0RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 September 2013
Advertisement expiry
3 October 2013
Site notice start
4 September 2013
Site notice end
25 September 2013

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02592390
Documents
25
Constraints
13

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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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© 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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