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21 And 21A Westheath Avenue Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1QH

PA26/00350Cert Lawful Use/Development - existingRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 24 February 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of land and buildings at 21 and 21A Westheath Avenue, Bodmin, comprising 2 physically separate and self contained residential units, each forming a single C3 dwelling house and used independently as separate dwelling houses for a continuous period in excess of 10 years.

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bodmin St Mary's And St Leonard
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 21 And 21A Westheath Avenue Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1QH. Cornwall has handled 3,840 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Bodmin St Mary's And St Leonard. We hold 167 applications in total for the PL31 postcode area.

93% of amendment 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
PL31 1QH
Application type
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bodmin

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14617249
Documents
8
Constraints
22

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.

Source: Cornwall

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