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The Former School Of Art Arwenack Avenue Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3JW

PA25/00025Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2025

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from existing office space to two residential dwellings

Received
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Falmouth Arwenack
Agent
RTP Surveyors (Penryn)
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Former School Of Art Arwenack Avenue Falmouth Cornwall TR11 3JW. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Falmouth conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Falmouth Arwenack. We hold 2,022 applications in total for the TR11 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
TR11 3JW
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Falmouth

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Consultation expiry
18 February 2025
Target decision date
10 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RTP Surveyors (Penryn)
Agent address
Tremough Innovation Centre Penryn Cornwall TR10 9TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 January 2025
Site notice start
28 January 2025
Site notice end
18 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13408321
Documents
18
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Falmouth
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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