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PA26/03626 - Cert Lawfulness - proposed dev/use Approved
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use or development, namley Roof mounted PV panels. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2026
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Approved
22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 23 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRLDZ - LD (PROPOSED) GRANTED Decision Notice · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 22 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF SUPPORTING STATEMENT Supporting Information · 27 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS NOTE Supporting Information · 27 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

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.
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 ↗
Boscaswell conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Heritage coast: Penwith
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
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 74 m away: Lower Boscaswell Fogou
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 ↗
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 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 ↗
Also on the record
SSSI 391 m away: West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Cert Lawfulness - proposed dev/use
Postcode
TR19 7EP
Received
27 May 2026
Validated
27 May 2026
Ward
Land's End
Parish
St. Just
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)
Decision date
22 Jul 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peggy Rickaby Chartered Architect

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 54 days. Approved, as 82% of lawful development certificates here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
250decided in the last year

Plota live figures for lawful development certificates decided by Cornwall in the last twelve months, from validation. Cornwall decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14947375
Planning Portal ref
PP-14947375
Statutory expiry
22 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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Nearby activity

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Affordable housing-led residential development of 6 dwellings
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2018 Approved
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Construction of a rear extension and a Juliet balcony on the north elevation.
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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
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

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