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Environment Agency Gwills Gauging Station Lane Newquay Cornwall

PA22/02446Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2022

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of an existing GRP gauging station hut and concrete base, and construction of replacement new timber hut with larch clad walls and zinc roof on a new concrete base. Construction of a new solar frame and concrete base with associated ducting for river sensors.

Received
30 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Newlyn East, Cubert And Goonhavern
Agent
Crabb DMC Ltd
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Environment Agency Gwills Gauging Station Lane Newquay Cornwall. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days 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.

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

Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Newlyn East

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2022
Target decision date
25 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Crabb DMC Ltd
Architect profile
CRABB DMC LTD
Agent address
25 Pollards CLose Goonhavern Truro TR4 9PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 April 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11098019
Documents
9
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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