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National School Centre St Thomas Road Launceston Cornwall PL15 8BU

PA26/04635Prior Approval Commercial to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2026

Council decision: Prior approval not req'd(PA/AF/TEL/DEM/)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from offices to 4 residential apartments.

Received
27 July 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Launceston South
Agent
Coast To Country Town Planning
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at National School Centre St Thomas Road Launceston Cornwall PL15 8BU. Cornwall has handled 6,901 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Launceston conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. 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 8BU
Application type
Prior Approval Commercial to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Launceston

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Target decision date
21 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Coast To Country Town Planning
Agent address
The Workshed Liskeard Cattle Market Fairpark Road Liskeard Cornwall PL14 4BA

Planning decision

Case officer
Paul Steen
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15055358
Documents
12
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Launceston
  • 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, 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

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© 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.

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