Old Boswarthen Farmhouse Newbridge Penzance Cornwall TR20 8PA Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/03640 - Full application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Construction of timber outbuilding Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
22 Jun 2026
Consultation
22 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Aug 2026

As of 12 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Farmhouse at Sw 441332
List entry 1235517 · 3 m from the pin · 6 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Public footpath 4 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 334 m away: West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Full application
Postcode
TR20 8PA
Received
22 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jun 2026
Ward
Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval And Heamoor
Parish
Madron
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP

Decision outlook

Day 83, past the statutory target. 97% of extensions in Cornwall are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 21 Sept 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 11 Aug 2026.

Day 8327 days past the 56-day target
85%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
100%go to committee

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

Public comments

42comments received
24 objecting18 supporting

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14954126
Neighbours
22 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
6 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
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