Land South West Of Efford Down Lynstone Road Bude Cornwall EX23 8LT Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/06015 - Full application Awaiting decision
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Proposed year-round camping use for tents and motorhomes at Efford Downs Campsite Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 15 Sept 2026
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Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 10 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from Cornwall's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026.

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Documents 7

Statements & assessments 6

PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Assessment - Flood Risk · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FOUL DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT FORM Assessment - Foul Drainage · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY TRIGGER LIST Ecology Report Trigger Table · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Statement - Planning · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF UPDATE PEA REPORT LETTER Assessment - Ecological · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PEA SURVEY REPORT Assessment - Ecological · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Special area of conservation 302 m away: Bude Marshes
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 335 m away: Bude Coast SSSI; Conservation area 78 m away: Bude; 1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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
EX23 8LT
Received
around 15 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
Bude
Parish
Bude-Stratton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
R A Rowe Architects

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. Cornwall usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1937 days to the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
100%go to committee

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

Public comments

9comments received
5 objecting4 supporting

56% object · below the UK average of 75%

Last counted 1 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15175450
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

2 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Withdrawn
Pre application advice for proposed change of use of land to permit camping
PA22/00296/PREAPP
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved
Land South West Of Arundel Terrace (Plot 1) Vicarage Road Bude Cornwall EX23 8LN
Reserved Matters application following Outline Approval PA21/02528 dated 28th June 2021 f…
PA22/01739
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