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Truscott Reservior Trewithick Lane Egloskerry Launceston Cornwall

PA21/00965Full applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 1 April 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and extension of existing water reservoir to a single dwelling

Received
17 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Launceston North And North Petherwin
Agent
RH Town Planning
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Truscott Reservior Trewithick Lane Egloskerry Launceston Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across Launceston North And North Petherwin. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 postcode area.

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

Postcode
PL15 8RA
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Stephens By Launceston Rural

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2021
Consultation expiry
10 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2021
Target decision date
14 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
RH Town Planning
Agent address
5 Torridge Close Plympton Plymouth PL7 2DH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00168/REF
Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3279174
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 27 October 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09420561
Documents
37
Constraints
10

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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© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    4 Feb

    Conversion of existing water reservoir to a single dwelling

    RefusedFull applicationPA22/01087
  2. 2019
    31 Oct

    Pre application advice for extension to existing building and change of use from B8 storage and distribution…

    WithdrawnPre-Application Publicly AvailablePA19/02891/PREAPP
  3. 2019
    30 Oct

    Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development to insert windows, door and increase in the…

    ApprovedCert Lawfulness - proposed dev/usePA19/09476
  4. 2018
    18 Dec

    Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development to insert windows and doors in existing…

    ApprovedCert Lawfulness - proposed dev/usePA18/11895
  5. 2018
    5 Oct

    Prior approval for change of use of a storage building (former water tank/reservoir) to a dwelling house

    ApprovedPrior Approval B8 and B1(c)to C3 (Dwell)PA18/08856
  6. 2016
    5 Feb

    Pre-application advice for demolition of existing redundant reservoir and change of use for erection of a…

    WithdrawnPre-Application Publicly AvailablePA16/00395/PREAPP

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