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Land North East Of Lower Crahan Farm Crahan Wendron Cornwall TR13 0ND

PA21/09827Full applicationApproved
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Approved on 7 March 2023

Council decision: Approved with conditionsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Development of a geothermal power plant including site preparation, drilling of two deep geothermal wells, resource testing, construction of a binary cycle power station and subsequent operation.

Received
18 October 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
132
Ward
Crowan, Sithney And Wendron
Agent
Wardell Armstrong LLP
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.2 Dec
  4. Target17 Jan
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 505 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North East Of Lower Crahan Farm Crahan Wendron Cornwall TR13 0ND. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 505 days, 65 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Crowan, Sithney And Wendron. We hold 2,060 applications in total for the TR13 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
TR13 0ND
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wendron

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2021
Consultation expiry
6 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
2 December 2022
Target decision date
17 January 2022
Committee meeting
16 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wardell Armstrong LLP
Agent address
Baldhu House Wheal Jane Earth Science Park Baldhu Truro TR3 6EH Cornwall TR3 6EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 January 2023
Site notice start
20 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10233049
Documents
129
Constraints
16

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    2 Aug

    Screening Opinion request for a Proposed Geothermal Power Plant

    ApprovedScreening OpinionPA21/07848

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