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Royal Cornwall Museum 25 River Street Truro Cornwall TR1 2SJ

PA24/07151Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 December 2024

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reconfiguration of the Museum garden and frontage including pedestrian access enhancements, outdoor seating and teaching areas, and hard and soft landscaping

Received
16 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Truro Moresk And Trehaverne
Agent
BW Planning
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated16 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Royal Cornwall Museum 25 River Street Truro Cornwall TR1 2SJ. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Truro conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 109 applications across Truro Moresk And Trehaverne. We hold 395 applications in total for the TR1 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
TR1 2SJ
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Truro

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 September 2024
Consultation expiry
24 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
9 October 2024
Target decision date
11 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
BW Planning
Agent address
Tolverth St Francis Road St Columb Road St Columb TR9 6QD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 October 2024
Site notice start
3 October 2024
Site notice end
24 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13400342
Documents
47
Constraints
25

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 (20)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    16 Sep

    Reconfiguration of the Museum garden and frontage including pedestrian access enhancements, outdoor seating…

    This applicationApprovedFullPA24/07151
  2. 2024
    16 Sep

    Listed Building Consent for the reconfiguration of the Museum garden and frontage including pedestrian access…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA24/07152

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