Gunnislake Railway Station Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EE Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/03032 - Rail Prior Notification Approved
Commercial & major worksUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Prior approval under Part 18 Class A to Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 for the proposed replacement of the bridge deck at Drakewalls underbridge located at railway milage CAL 4m 29cns Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 May 2026
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Approved
29 Jun 2026

Approved on 29 Jun 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 5 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF NRRAIZ - PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQ'D (RAIL) Correspondence Out · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

World heritage site: Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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 6
An estimated 30% or more 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 ↗
National landscape about 112 m away: Tamar Valley
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Also on the record
Inside the Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel built-up area; Priority habitat about 41 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 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
Rail Prior Notification
Postcode
PL18 9EE
Received
5 May 2026
Validated
5 May 2026
Ward
Calstock
Parish
Calstock
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Prior approval not req'd(PA/AF/TEL/DEM/)
Decision date
29 Jun 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 95% of commercial and major works here are.

75%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
191decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Cornwall in the last twelve months, from validation. Cornwall decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

9 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
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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