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National Seal Sanctuary (Gweek) Gweek Helston Cornwall TR12 6UG

PA23/02674Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 June 2023

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement seal pools and associated works

Received
19 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Helston South And Meneage
Agent
Kay Elliott Architects
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at National Seal Sanctuary (Gweek) Gweek Helston Cornwall TR12 6UG. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Helston South And Meneage. We hold 1,640 applications in total for the TR12 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
TR12 6UG
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gweek

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2023
Target decision date
14 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kay Elliott Architects
Architect profile
KAY ELLIOTT ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
5-7 Meadfoot Road Torquay TQ1 2JP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11998631
Documents
19
Constraints
29

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
  • SSSI: Lower Fal & Helford Intertidal SSSIPart of the site · +1 more
  • Special Area of Conservation: Fal & HelfordPart 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 (19)

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, 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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