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Plot 1 Land North West Of Elm Tree Cottage Ricketts Road Polgooth Cornwall

PA20/08142Cert Lawful Use/Development - existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 November 2020

Council decision: Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for an Existing Use namely the commencement on 17 July 2019 of Plot 1 as authorised under PA14/12225.

Received
22 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St Mewan
Agent
Stephens Scown LLP
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.26 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Plot 1 Land North West Of Elm Tree Cottage Ricketts Road Polgooth Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 3,840 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

93% of amendment 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
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Mewan

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2020
Consultation expiry
26 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
5 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
26 October 2020
Target decision date
17 November 2020
Decision issued
17 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stephens Scown LLP
Agent address
Osprey House Malpas Road Truro Cornwall TR1 1UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08989962
Documents
5
Constraints
12

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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