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Rock Bottom West Street Polruan Fowey Cornwall PL23 1PL

PA22/10850Cert Lawful Use/Development - existingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 February 2023

Council decision: Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use as a dwelling (use class C3).

Received
6 December 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos
Agent
Architecture Design Graphics
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.6 Jan
  4. Target31 Jan
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Rock Bottom West Street Polruan Fowey Cornwall PL23 1PL. Cornwall has handled 3,840 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos. We hold 438 applications in total for the PL23 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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
PL23 1PL
Application type
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lanteglos

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2022
Consultation expiry
6 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
6 January 2023
Target decision date
31 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architecture Design Graphics
Agent address
Studio 5-11 5 Millbay Road Plymouth Devon PL1 3LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 January 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11742392
Documents
7
Constraints
18

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
  • Conservation area: FoweyPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Polruan CastleOn or next to this site
  • Scheduled monument: Polruan BlockhouseNext to the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
  • Heritage coast: Gribbin Head - Polperro

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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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© 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.

Source: Cornwall

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