Lithium Exploration Office United Downs Industrial Park St Day Redruth Cornwall TR16 5HY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed temporary siting and operations of pilot direct lithium extraction plant and ancillary supporting infrastructure, including mobile offices, maintenance workshop and storage containers for a period of five years Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Self Sign Off (Area Team) · Last checked 11 Sept 2026
Documents 12
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 7
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 5
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Important details
- Council
- Cornwall
- Application type
- Full application
- Postcode
- TR16 5HY
- Received
- 27 May 2026
- Validated
- 27 May 2026
- Ward
- Lanner, Stithians And Gwennap
- Parish
- Gwennap
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Approved with conditions
- Decision date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Self Sign Off (Area Team)
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 107 days from validation, 53 days slower than Cornwall's median of 54 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 95% of commercial and major works here are.
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Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 11 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14840029
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14840029
- Comments by
- 30 Jun 2026
- Site or press notice
- 9 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 22 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
7 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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.
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