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Old St Merryn Aerodrome The Old Airfield St Merryn Padstow Cornwall PL28 8PT

PA23/05460Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2024

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of buildings for use as a broadcasting/recording studio, post-production facility and related modular serviced accommodation, car parking, servicing, landscaping, access improvements and other related infrastructure

Received
15 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
73
Ward
Padstow
Agent
Alder King Property Consultants (Bristol)
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 364 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old St Merryn Aerodrome The Old Airfield St Merryn Padstow Cornwall PL28 8PT. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 364 days, 45 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Padstow. We hold 1,832 applications in total for the PL28 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
PL28 8PT
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St. Ervan

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
25 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
19 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2023
Target decision date
15 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alder King Property Consultants (Bristol)
Agent address
Pembroke House 15 Pembroke Road Bristol BS8 3BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 September 2023
Site notice start
4 October 2023
Site notice end
25 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12136606
Documents
84
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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