The Sail Loft West Wharf Mevagissey St Austell Cornwall PL26 6UJ
Approved on 4 July 2025
Council decision: Approved (Statutory/one condition only)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of existing external timber staircase and construction of new steel staircase
- Received
- 7 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Mevagissey And St Austell Bay
- Agent
- John Craig Buchanan - Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived7 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided4 Jul
Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Sail Loft West Wharf Mevagissey St Austell Cornwall PL26 6UJ. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Mevagissey conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Mevagissey And St Austell Bay. We hold 2,254 applications in total for the PL26 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
- PL26 6UJ
- Application type
- Full application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mevagissey
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 8 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Craig Buchanan - Architectural Services
- Agent address
- 59 Century Close St Austell PL25 3UY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 June 2025
- Site notice start
- 17 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 8 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13909452
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 21
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: MevagisseyPart of the site
- National Landscape (AONB): CornwallPart of the site
- Special Protection Area: Falmouth Bay to St Austell BayPart of the site
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 (18)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Associated applications
- 20257 May
Removal of existing external timber staircase and construction of new steel staircase
This applicationApprovedFullPA25/03461 - 20257 May
Listed Building Consent: Removal of existing external timber staircase & construction of new steel staircase
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsidePA25/03462
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