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Townend Cottage Pre School Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB

PA23/08552Prior Approval Commercial to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 January 2024

Council decision: Prior approval not req'd (AF/TEL/DEM)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for change of use from former pre school nursery to single storey residential accommodation

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bodmin St Petroc
Agent
Visionary Planning UK
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Townend Cottage Pre School Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Bodmin conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bodmin St Petroc. We hold 167 applications in total for the PL31 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
PL31 1EB
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bodmin

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Consultation expiry
22 November 2023
Target decision date
13 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Visionary Planning UK
Agent address
2 Penmelen Camelford PL32 9UH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 November 2023
Site notice end
22 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12500370
Documents
9
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bodmin
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bodmin
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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