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Brannel School Rectory Road St Stephen St Austell Cornwall PL26 7RN

PA25/09161Full applicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed new reception building.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St Stephen-In-Brannel
Agent
Alan Leather Associates
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Brannel School Rectory Road St Stephen St Austell Cornwall PL26 7RN. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across St Stephen-In-Brannel. 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 7RN
Application type
Full application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Stephen-in-Brannel

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
13 January 2026
Target decision date
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Leather Associates
Architect profile
ALAN LEATHER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
45 Charlestown Road Charlestown St Austell Cornwall PL25 3NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 December 2025
Site notice end
13 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14488375
Documents
12
Constraints
17

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    9 Feb

    Pre application advice for the proposed development for a new classroom and staff building to meet current…

    WithdrawnPre-Application Publicly AvailablePA22/00251/PREAPP
  2. 2012
    8 Oct

    Submission of details to discharge conditions 5, 8, 11, 13 and 17 in respect of decision notice C2/09/01080

    S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA12/09538
  3. 2009
    21 Dec

    Application of approval of details reserved by conditions 2, 3,7,9,10,11,14,17,18 & 19 of 09/01080

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsC2/09/01711
  4. 2009
    27 Aug

    Construction of new 750 pupil secondary school on the existing site of Brannel School. The school will also…

    Failed to determineOtherNR/09/00370/OTHMCA
  5. 2006
    27 Jul

    Pursuant Scheme to Conditon 3 (noise attenuation measures) of Decision Notice R/E/20/A/4

    ApprovedPursuant Scheme - Article 21 GDPO 1995NR/06/00489/PS21
  6. 2006
    24 Mar

    Pursuant Scheme to Condition 5 (Landscaping Scheme) of Decision Notice R/E/20/A/3

    ApprovedPursuant Scheme - Article 21 GDPO 1995NR/06/00188/PS21

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