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The Old Pumping Station Alverton Road Penzance TR18 4TQ

PA22/10936Full applicationRefused
Full

Refused on 5 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Continued use of pumping station as holiday let and retention of associated work

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Penzance Promenade
Agent
Planning By Design
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.25 May
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Pumping Station Alverton Road Penzance TR18 4TQ. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Penzance conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Penzance Promenade. We hold 575 applications in total for the TR18 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
TR18 4TQ
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penzance

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2023
Consultation expiry
25 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
4 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 May 2023
Target decision date
21 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning By Design
Architect profile
PLANNING BY DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Mr Michael Breen 167 - 169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 February 2023
Site notice start
10 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11754151
Documents
9
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Penzance
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Cornwall

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