Golant Farm Golant Fowey Cornwall PL23 1LA Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/03488 - Agricultural/Forestry prior notification Refused
Agricultural

Proposal

Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development for: Open fenced cattle yard Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
20 May 2026
✗
Refused
4 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Jun 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF PPAFZ - PLANNING PERMISSION REQUIRED Correspondence Out · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 20 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Cornwall National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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
Priority habitat about 25 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
Agricultural/Forestry prior notification
Postcode
PL23 1LA
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
20 May 2026
Ward
Fowey, Tywardreath And Par
Parish
St. Sampson
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Permission required
Decision date
4 Jun 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
Show
Agent
AHT Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 15 days from validation, 12 days faster than Cornwall's median of 27 for agricultural works. Refused, as 13% of agricultural works here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
100%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14951053
Planning Portal ref
PP-14951053
Statutory expiry
16 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
Williams Acre Road From Junction North Of Lantyan To Junction South Of Leskernick Golant Fowey PL23 1LA
Replacement dwelling.
PA18/11420
2017 Approved
Williams Acre Road From Junction North Of Lantyan To Junction South Of Leskernick Golant Fowey PL23 1LA
Addition of first floor to bungalow. Removal of previous extensions.
PA17/07119
2017 Approved
South Torfrey Farm Golant Fowey Cornwall PL23 1LA
Use of existing concrete bases as water trough bases for use by grazing cattle.
PA17/07234
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
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