The Old Lifeboat Station Church End East Looe Cornwall PL13 1BX
Approved on 29 August 2023
Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Listed Building Consent for the change of use of the former Watchtower from general storage to office accommodation for East Looe Town Trust, to include the installation of new solar PV slate units to the roof along with other internal and external works.
- Received
- 11 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Looe East And Deviock
- Agent
- Le Page Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived11 Jul
- ValidatedValidated11 Jul
- Consult.Consultation15 Aug
- TargetTarget Date5 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Aug
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for a change of use at The Old Lifeboat Station Church End East Looe Cornwall PL13 1BX. Cornwall has handled 2,431 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Looe conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Looe East And Deviock. We hold 224 applications in total for the PL13 postcode area.
98% of heritage 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
- PL13 1BX
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Looe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 15 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Le Page Architects Ltd
- Agent address
- Plumer House Tailyour Road Plymouth PL6 5DH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 19 July 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12243755
- Documents
- 27
- Constraints
- 21
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Looe
- Listed building: Grade II: Watch Tower Studio and former Lifeboat Shed (Former Looe lifeboat house and watchtower)On or next to this site · +1 more
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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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