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East Helscott Farm Marhamchurch Bude EX23 0NE

PA25/09233Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Screening Opinion - EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion request for proposed development for the installation of an agricultural anaerobic digestion facility and associated plant and equipment including underground pipework, digestate lagoon, site access road and landscaping.

Received
5 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Poundstock
Agent
Pegasus Planning Group - Bristol
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at East Helscott Farm Marhamchurch Bude EX23 0NE. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Poundstock. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the EX23 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
EX23 0NE
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Marhamchurch

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Target decision date
26 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pegasus Planning Group - Bristol
Agent address
First Floor, South Wing Equinox North Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
32

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.

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