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Towan Beach Towan Promenade Newquay Cornwall

PA14/09175Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 September 2014

Council decision: Screening Opinion - EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Screening opinion to determine the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the proposed development, under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) Regulations 1999 as amended (the EIA Regulations).

Received
17 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newquay Central
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 12 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Towan Beach Towan Promenade Newquay Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

86% of outline 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
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Newquay

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2014
Target decision date
8 October 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mott Macdonald (Bristol)
Agent address
Prince House Prince Street Bristol BS1 4PS

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Island Pier North Pier South PierOn or next to this site
  • Special Area of Conservation: Bristol Channel Approaches / Dynesfeydd Mor HafrenPart of the site

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 (20)

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 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.

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