Childrens Hospice South West Little Harbour Porthpean St Austell Cornwall PL26 6AZ
Proposal
Prior approval for a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation of 262 solar panels installed across seven roofs
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decided
- 3 February 2026 · Prior approval not req'd(PA/AF/TEL/DEM/)
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- St Mewan And Grampound
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- ReceivedSubmitted9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided3 Feb
Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Childrens Hospice South West Little Harbour Porthpean St Austell Cornwall PL26 6AZ. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 49 days. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cornwall's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across St Mewan And Grampound. We hold 2,236 applications in total for the PL26 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
- Ancient woodland: Park Matthews WoodPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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