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Helsett Farm Lesnewth Boscastle Cornwall PL35 0HP

PA26/01041Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 March 2026

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

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion request for infilling of existing quarry

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Camelford And Boscastle
Agent
WMW Consultants Ltd
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Helsett Farm Lesnewth Boscastle Cornwall PL35 0HP. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Camelford And Boscastle. We hold 60 applications in total for the PL35 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
PL35 0HP
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lesnewth

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
WMW Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Aaloka Lower Upton Bude EX23 0LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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