Milland Farm Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/01807 - Conservation of Habitats and Species Reg Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Request for approval under Regulation 77 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 for development falling within Class M Part 7 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development etc) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 in reference to Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Mar 2026
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Approved
19 May 2026

Approved on 19 May 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision Notice · 19 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF COUNCIL'S HABITATS REGULATION ASSESSMENT HRA - Habitat Regulations Assessment · 6 May 2026 View ↗ PDF LETTER FROM ECOLOGIST Supporting Information · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SMALL SCALE THRESHOLD CHECKLIST Assessment - Ecological · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SHADOW HABITAT REGULATION ASSESSMENT Assessment - Ecological · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 18 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF LETTER FROM AGENT Supporting Information · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 9

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Camel SAC
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Scheduled monument about 109 m away: Small multivallate hillfort 127m south east of Demelza Farm
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation about 221 m away: River Camel
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 221 m away: River Camel Valley and Tributaries SSSI; Priority habitat about 17 m away: Deciduous woodland; National infrastructure project about 1223 m away: The Trelavour Lithium Project, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Cornwall
Application type
Conservation of Habitats and Species Reg
Postcode
PL30 5PE
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
24 Mar 2026
Ward
St Columb Major, St Mawgan And St Wenn
Parish
St. Wenn
Case officer
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Target decision
19 May 2026
Decision
Approved unconditional
Decision date
19 May 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
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Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
19 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

11 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Prior Approval for change of use of agricultural building to a dwelling (Class C3) and as…
PA25/05608
2020 Approved
Prior Approval for Change of use of Agricultural building to a dwelling (Class C3) and as…
PA20/01959
2019 Approved
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing agricultural building
PA19/09137
2019 Approved
Application for Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to a dwelling.
PA19/03781
2017 Refused
Proposed timber cabin for rural worker
PA17/09025
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Lower Demelza Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE
Double storey extension to rear of property
PA20/09206
2017 Approved
Land North Of Lower Demelza Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE
Construction of new agricultural building
PA17/00302
2016 Approved
Lower Demelza Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE
Prior Notification for a proposed agricultural shed for tractor access to store large bal…
PA16/09896
2016 Approved
Lower Demelza Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin PL30 5PE
Prior Notification for the erection of an agricultural shed to house agricultural impleme…
PA16/08971
2016 Approved
Land North Of Demelza Cottage Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE
Erection of a barn for the housing of goats and sheep
PA16/05609
2016 Approved
Demelza Cottage Demelza Road St Wenn Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5PE
Demolition of outbuilding and construction of two storey extension to form games room and…
PA16/03645
Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Cornwall is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #64 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cornwall decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #79 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #28 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #64 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #101 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
1180 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
67 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
194 decided
4,839
Total decisions
363 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings