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Goonvean Works Greensplat St Austell Cornwall PL26 8XY

PA26/00697Overhead Electricity LinesApproved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: No objections (OHL/OHE/HG apps)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Proposed installation of a new 33kV overhead line (OHL) less than 2km in length on land between Bodmin Road and Greensplat Road, St Austell, (PL26 8XY), to facilitate the grid connection of consented wind turbines. The development comprises the construction of a new 33kV overhead distribution line, supported by a series of wood poles ranging in height from approximately 9m to 14.5m. The alignment has been designed to utilise land that is primarily characterised by previous industrial uses, including quarrying and mining activities, thereby minimising landscape and environmental effects where possible. The proposed OHL will connect the consented renewable energy generators to local distribution network and will follow a route selected to avoid visual impact, ecological and heritage constraints and respond appropriately to the sites established post-industrial character

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Penwithick And Boscoppa
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Goonvean Works Greensplat St Austell Cornwall PL26 8XY. Cornwall has handled 234 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Penwithick And Boscoppa. We hold 2,254 applications in total for the PL26 postcode area.

94% of all 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 8XY
Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Treverbyn

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
59

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 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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