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Hospital Cross Helston Downs Helston Cornwall

PA21/07206Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 August 2021

Council decision: Screening Opinion - EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning Environmental Impact (EIA) regulations 2017 (as amended) for erection of 4 no buildings comprising : Comparison goods store with ancillary garden centre ( Class E) (2603 sqm GIA); food convenience store (Class E) (1,790 sqm GIA) Drive-thru restaurant (Class E/Sui Generis) (350 sqm GIA); and Coffee Shop with Drive Thru Facility (Class E) (167 sqm GIA)

Received
20 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Helston South And Meneage
Agent
Pegasus Planning Group
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided4 Aug

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Hospital Cross Helston Downs Helston Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Helston South And Meneage.

86% of outline 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
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Helston

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2021
Target decision date
10 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Planning Group
Agent address
10 Albemarle Street London W1S 4HH

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
22

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.

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