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Crooked Chimney Cottage Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ

PA23/06742Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 January 2024

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of a small enclosed area of land to create an enlarged garden with two timber garden sheds and a greenhouse to serve the needs of the garden, a small parking area for vehicles and a replacement timber gate at the entrance to the access drive. Erection of a single-storey detached outbuilding for use as ancillary accommodation to the dwelling with the building to be used a a 'home-office'.

Received
25 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Altarnun And Stoke Climsland
Agent
Pentargon Architecture Ltd
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Crooked Chimney Cottage Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 128 days, 11 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Altarnun conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Altarnun And Stoke Climsland. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 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
PL15 7SJ
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Altarnun

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2023
Consultation expiry
22 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2023
Target decision date
20 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pentargon Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
PENTARGON ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
Tremaine Chapel Tremaine Launceston Cornwall PL15 8SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 October 2023
Site notice start
1 October 2023
Site notice end
22 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12384857
Documents
17
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    25 Sep

    Change of use of a small enclosed area of land to create an enlarged garden with two timber garden sheds and…

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  2. 2023
    25 Sep

    Listed Building Consent for the change of use of a small enclosed area of land to create an enlarged garden…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA23/06743

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