Geothermal Engineering Unit 3 United Downs Industrial Park St Day Redruth TR16 5HY
Approved on 7 November 2023
Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Amended design of power generating plant associated with the United Downs Geothermal Project with variation of condition 2 in respect of decision PA19/05966 dated 17.10.19
- Received
- 11 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Lanner, Stithians And Gwennap
- ReceivedReceived11 Aug
- ValidatedValidated11 Aug
- Consult.Consultation1 Sep
- TargetTarget Date6 Oct
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Geothermal Engineering Unit 3 United Downs Industrial Park St Day Redruth TR16 5HY. Cornwall has handled 3,840 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 61 applications across Lanner, Stithians And Gwennap. We hold 2,352 applications in total for the TR16 postcode area.
93% of amendment 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
- TR16 5HY
- Application type
- Application under Section 73 of TCP Act
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Gwennap
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 1 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 6 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Miss Gilly Slater Baldhu House Wheal Jane Earth Science Park Baldhu Truro TR3 6EH Cornwall
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12345634
- Documents
- 25
- Constraints
- 21
Site constraints
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.
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