St Leonards Equitation Centre St Stephens Launceston Cornwall PL15 9QR

PA26/00137Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Screening opinion for change of use of existing equestrian land and buildings to zoo use for the housing of non-domesticated herbivores including rhinos, with associated storage, staff and welfare facilities

Received: 9 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cornwall Council
Ward: Launceston South
Agent: Cornwall Planning Group

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated9 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Jan
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 7 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at St Leonards Equitation Centre St Stephens Launceston Cornwall PL15 9QR. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 6 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Launceston South. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 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: PL15 9QR
Application type: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Launceston

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 January 2026
Target decision date: 30 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Cornwall Planning Group
Agent address: Chi Gallos Marine Renewables Business Park North Quay Hayle Cornwall TR27 4DD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 36
Constraints: 123

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High 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.

Source: Cornwall

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