The Old Reading Room Grove Hill Mawnan Smith
Refused on 5 August 2005
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of former reading room and garage/workshop building into two dwellings
- Received
- 16 March 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Constantine, Gweek And Mawnan
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided5 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at The Old Reading Room Grove Hill Mawnan Smith. Cornwall has handled 24,959 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 13 weeks longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
94% of full 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
- Application type
- Full application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Mawnan
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 14 July 2005
- Consultation start
- 5 August 2005
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mansion House Princes Street Truro Cornwall TR1 2RF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 June 2005
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 July 2005
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201927 Aug
Submission of details to discharge condition 4 in respect of decision PA15/11769
S52/S106 and discharge of condition appsDischarge of conditionsPA19/06368 - 201515 Dec
Conversion of existing two storey old reading room and store into a single dwelling
ApprovedFull applicationPA15/11769 - 20154 Sep
Pre application advice for conversion of existing building to two flats as an alternative to existing
WithdrawnPre-Application Publicly AvailablePA15/02731/PREAPP - 200613 Jun
Change of use of former reading room and garage/workshop building into two dwellings
ApprovedFull applicationW2/PA06/01084/F
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