Two Ways Pengersick Croft Praa Sands Penzance Cornwall TR20 9SW Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/01208 - Full application Approved

Proposal

Siting of shepherds hut to be used as a holiday unit for paying guests and ancillary accommodation and associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Feb 2026
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Consultation
17 Mar 2026
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Committee
29 May 2026
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Approved
15 Jun 2026
Appeal
Decided

Approved on 15 Jun 2026 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Cornwall West Sub-Area Planning Committee on 29 May 2026.

Approved by 8 votes to 0

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the modest hut would fit the residential setting without harming the area or neighbours.
  • The electoral division member, parish council and residents raised concerns about visibility, character, noise, drainage and holiday use.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Cornwall's committee minutes of 29 May 2026.

Site constraints 6

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 about 2 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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Germoe built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £395,000 in December 2023. Detached house, freehold.

22 December 2023£395,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Cornwall
Application type
Full application
Postcode
TR20 9SW
Received
26 Feb 2026
Validated
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
Parish
Breage
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Apr 2026
Decision
Approved with conditions
Decision date
15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Evans Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 109 days from validation, 53 days slower than Cornwall's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 90% of changes of use here are.

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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14640192
Site or press notice
17 Mar 2026
Committee
29 May 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.