Land North East Of Porthleven School Torleven Road Porthleven Cornwall TR13 9BX Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/02959 - Full application Refused

Proposal

Residential development for 4 new homes (including one self build home for the applicant) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Sept 2026, 09:03

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Application progress

✓

Received

14 May 2026

✓

Consultation

20 May 2026

✗

Refused

22 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 22 Sept 2026 · HoS Sign Off · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 18

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 29 May 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. 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.

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

National landscape 473 m away: Cornwall.

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: Full application
Postcode: TR13 9BX
Received: 14 May 2026
Validated: 14 May 2026
Ward: Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
Parish: Porthleven
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Jul 2026
Decision: Refused
Decision date: 22 Sept 2026
Decision level: HoS Sign Off
Applicant: Show
Agent: Influence Planning - D Mitchell

How this decision compares

Decided in 131 days from validation, 76 days slower than Cornwall's median of 55 for new homes. Refused, as 12% of new homes here are.

This one131d

Council55d

UK57d

68%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

100%go to committee

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

Public comments

3comments received

1 objecting2 supporting

67% support · above the UK average of 16%

Last counted 23 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14875918
Planning Portal ref: PP-14875918
Comments by: 10 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 20 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2020 Withdrawn

Pre application advice for erection of exception scheme to deliver affordable housing con…

PA20/02984/PREAPP 18 Feb 2021

2020 Withdrawn

Pre application advice for construction of three bungalow-style dwellings with detached g…

PA20/01328/PREAPP 24 Jul 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

10 Guisseny Place Porthleven Helston Cornwall TR13 9PP

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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