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Land North West Of Elm Tree Cottage Ricketts Road Polgooth Cornwall

PA14/12225Full applicationRefused
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Refused on 2 September 2015

Council decision: Refusal one reasonPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed affordable housing led residential development for 6 new dwellings with parking and private amenity on land adjacent to Elm Tree Cottage

Received
5 January 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
50
Ward
St Mewan
Agent
Lipscomb Jones Architecture LLP
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 240 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North West Of Elm Tree Cottage Ricketts Road Polgooth Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 240 days, 27 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 2 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
Small
Parish
St. Mewan

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2015
Consultation expiry
19 February 2015
Consultation start
28 January 2015
Consultation end
2 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start
18 August 2015
Neighbour consultation end
2 February 2015
Target decision date
2 March 2015
Committee meeting
1 September 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lipscomb Jones Architecture LLP
Agent address
Isambard House Brunel Business Park The Sidings St. Austell Cornwall PL25 4TJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 January 2015
Site notice end
19 February 2015

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03879343
Documents
50
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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