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Land North East Of Newquay Sewage Treatment Works Tregair St Newlyn East Cornwall TR8 5JL

PA21/07879Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 August 2021

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA screening opinion request in respect of proposed solar farm with battery storage

Received
3 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Newlyn East, Cubert And Goonhavern
Agent
Black Mountain Developments
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North East Of Newquay Sewage Treatment Works Tregair St Newlyn East Cornwall TR8 5JL. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across St Newlyn East, Cubert And Goonhavern. We hold 1,475 applications in total for the TR8 postcode area.

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

Postcode
TR8 5JL
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St. Newlyn East

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2021
Target decision date
24 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Black Mountain Developments
Agent address
Pillar & Lucy House Merchants Road Gloucester GL2 5RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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