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15 St Francis Street Penzance Cornwall TR18 2DP

PA23/04410Full applicationApproved
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Approved on 16 August 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition and rebuild of a shared chimney in a conservation area. Replacement of a rooflight.

Received
11 July 2023
Public comments
2
Ward
Penzance East
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided16 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 15 St Francis Street Penzance Cornwall TR18 2DP. 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. The site is in the Penzance conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Penzance East. 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 2DP
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penzance

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2023
Consultation expiry
7 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2023
Target decision date
5 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 July 2023
Site notice start
17 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12067478
Documents
11
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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