Old Post Office 7 Fore Street Chacewater Truro Cornwall TR4 8PS
Approved on 9 January 2017
Council decision: Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Various internal and external works for proposed conversion of shop to dwelling
- Received
- 14 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Chacewater, Kenwyn And Baldhu
- ReceivedReceived14 Nov
- ValidatedValidated14 Nov
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Old Post Office 7 Fore Street Chacewater Truro Cornwall TR4 8PS. Cornwall has handled 2,431 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Chacewater conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,205 applications in total for the TR4 postcode area.
98% of heritage 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 8PS
- Application type
- Cert Lawfulness Prop Dev/Use Listed Bldg
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Chacewater
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 November 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2016
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 November 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 December 2016
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 December 2016
- Site notice start
- 28 November 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chacewater
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201622 Dec
Change of use from A1 former post office to C3 residential use
ApprovedFull applicationPA16/11576 - 20162 Jun
Certificate of lawfulness for existing extension to rear of the building
WithdrawnCert Lawful Use/Development - existingPA16/05050 - 201624 May
Listed building consent for retention of two storey extension to the rear of the property.
ApprovedListed building consentPA16/04742
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