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Whalesborough Farm Marhamchurch Bude Cornwall EX23 0JD

PA23/04788Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2024

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of ground mounted agri-voltaic solar array with associated infrastructure and landscaping

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Ward
Poundstock
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated19 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 219 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Whalesborough Farm Marhamchurch Bude Cornwall EX23 0JD. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 24 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Poundstock. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the EX23 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
EX23 0JD
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Marhamchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 July 2023
Consultation expiry
17 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2023
Target decision date
18 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avison Young - London
Agent address
65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2023
Site notice start
27 July 2023
Site notice end
17 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12220359
Documents
42
Constraints
10

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 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 (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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Jul

    Submission of details to discharge Conditions 3, 5, 6 and 8 in respect of Decision Notice PA26/02896

    S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA26/05180
  2. 2026
    21 Jul

    Submission of details to discharge conditions 4 (Habitat Management and Monitoring), 5 (ev), 6 (b/b/b) and 7…

    S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA26/05076
  3. 2026
    11 Jun

    Non-material amendment in relation to decision notice PA23/06490

    PendingNon-material amendmentPA26/03985
  4. 2026
    5 Jun

    Relocation of existing wind turbine mounted on free standing monopole mast and associated concrete…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)PA26/03778
  5. 2026
    6 Feb

    Non Material Amendment in relation to Decision Notice PA22/02484

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA26/00818
  6. 2024
    13 Sep

    Non material amendment in relation to decision notice PA23/06490

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPA24/06994

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