The Old Watch House West Street Polruan Fowey Cornwall PL23 1PL
Approved on 6 December 2024
Council decision: Approved (Statutory/one condition only)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension of existing balcony and alteration to water access steps
- Received
- 28 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated28 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Sep
- TargetTarget Date23 Oct
- DecidedDecided6 Dec
Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Old Watch House West Street Polruan Fowey Cornwall PL23 1PL. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Polruan conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos. We hold 438 applications in total for the PL23 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
- PL23 1PL
- Application type
- Full application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lanteglos
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 August 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 1 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 October 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3 Middlebridge Street Romsey Hampshire SO51 8HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 September 2024
- Site notice start
- 10 September 2024
- Site notice end
- 1 October 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 25
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
- Conservation area: Polruan
- National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
- Heritage coast: Gribbin Head - Polperro
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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.
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