Treago Mill Treago Road Crantock Newquay Cornwall TR8 5QS Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/06019 - Overhead Electricity Lines Decided
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

NGED have received a connection request and three phase. To enable this connection there is a requirement to add a third wire to the overhead high voltage network from pole number 43AAE7 to 43AAF6, over 6 spans and a total of 381M, highlighted in green on the plan CE6038598SECT37. The existing high voltage overhead network from pole 43AAF6 to 43AAF8, over 2 spans and a total of 171M will be dismantled, highlighted in blue on the plan and replaced by an underground high voltage cable shown as the brown line on the plan. There is also a requirement to erect a lazy leg pole alongside pole number 43AAF8 to support the larger three phase transformer, highlighted in pink on the plan Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 22 Oct 2026, from Cornwall's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Documents 1

Application forms 1

PDF FORM B Application Form · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 7

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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.
SSSI 27 m away: Penhale Dunes SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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
Priority habitat 28 m away: Coastal sand dunes; Open access land 36 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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
Overhead Electricity Lines
Postcode
TR8 5QS
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Ward
St Newlyn East, Cubert And Goonhavern
Parish
Crantock
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 42 of the 56-day target. Cornwall usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 55.

Day 4214 days to the 56-day target
66%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
343decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Oct 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings