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Lower Forge Farm Forge Mawla Redruth Cornwall TR16 5UE

PA24/00996Overhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 28 February 2024

Council decision: No objections (OHL/OHE/HG apps)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

National Grid propose to add a third wire of 5 spans of 25mm HDC high voltage overhead cable, to upgrade the network to 3 phase.

Received
6 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Redruth North
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lower Forge Farm Forge Mawla Redruth Cornwall TR16 5UE. Cornwall has handled 234 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Redruth North. We hold 2,352 applications in total for the TR16 postcode area.

94% of all 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 5UE
Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Redruth

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2024
Target decision date
19 March 2024
Decision issued
7 March 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
22

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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