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The Water Tower Trewithian Portscatho Cornwall

PA15/05422Full applicationRefused
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Refused on 25 August 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To convert an existing disused water tank into a dwelling. The proposal uses the existing buildings on the site making new openings.

Received
29 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Roseland
Agent
Marc Medland Architect
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Water Tower Trewithian Portscatho Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Gerrans

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2015
Consultation expiry
17 July 2015
Target decision date
24 August 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Marc Medland Architect
Agent address
2 Heron Mews La Petite Rue Du Val Plaisant St Helier Jersey JE2 4YA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 July 2015
Site notice start
10 July 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03879790
Documents
22
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
  • Heritage coast: The Roseland
  • 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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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