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Land At White Cross Newquay Cornwall

PA14/00700Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 March 2014

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Creation of a 250kW photovoltaic solar farm on farmland to the west of Trevarren and to north east of White Acre Caravan Park at White Cross.

Received
27 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St Columb Major
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land At White Cross Newquay Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There has been 1 other application 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
Small
Parish
St. Columb Major

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2014
Consultation expiry
6 March 2014
Consultation start
5 February 2014
Consultation end
26 February 2014
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2014
Neighbour consultation end
19 February 2014
Target decision date
24 March 2014
Permission expires
17 March 2017

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2014
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2014
Site notice start
13 February 2014
Site notice end
6 March 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03144113
Documents
9
Constraints
9

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    29 Apr

    Submission of details to discharge condition 3 in respect of decision notice PA14/00700

    S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA14/03932
  2. 2014
    27 Jan

    Creation of a 250kW photovoltaic solar farm on farmland to the west of Trevarren and to north east of White…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA14/00700

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