Porthleven Transmitting Station West End Porthleven Cornwall TR13 9JL Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/03306 - Telecommunications Prior Notification Approved
Utility infrastructure

Proposal

Telecommunication Prior Notification for permanent backup generator Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2026
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Consultation
28 May 2026
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Approved
13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 3 Aug 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 14 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF NRTELZ - PRIOR APPROVAL NOT REQ'D (TEL) Correspondence Out · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENGLAND GPDO PRIOR APPROVAL 14/05/2026 Correspondence · 14 May 2026 View ↗ PDF HOME OFFICE LETTER - REQUEST TO ENGAGE LETTER POWER RESILIENCE 14/03/2025 Correspondence · 14 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Porthleven conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
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 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 ↗
SSSI 160 m away: Porthleven Cliffs 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.
National landscape 102 m away: Cornwall
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument 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
Telecommunications Prior Notification
Postcode
TR13 9JL
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
Parish
Porthleven
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior approval not req'd(PA/AF/TEL/DEM/)
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
Show
Agent
WHP Telecoms - Carryduff

How this decision compares

Decided in 60 days from validation, 5 days slower than Cornwall's median of 55 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 98% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

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 3 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14934847
Planning Portal ref
PP-14934847
Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
28 May 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Withdrawn
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PA24/05310
2024 Withdrawn
NOTIFICATION UNDER THE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CODE REGULATIONS OF THE INTENTION TO INS…
PA23/10395
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Trigg House Ocean View Porthleven TR13 9JJ
Proposed erection of garden outbuilding to facilitate the creation of 3 bedrooms at Trigg…
PA23/01733
2020 Approved
50 West End Porthleven TR13 9JL
Formation of a side extension and side access
PA20/06159
2020 Approved
34 Claremont Terrace Beacon Road Breageside Porthleven TR13 9JU
Proposed first floor extension
PA20/04296
2018 Approved
West End Cottage West End Porthleven TR13 9JJ
Garden room rear extension on existing flat roof, level with raised garden.
PA18/08340
2018 Approved
40 West End Porthleven TR13 9JL
Demolition of dilapidated outbuildings and internal & rear gable walls and construction o…
PA18/05237
2018 Approved
44 West End Porthleven TR13 9JL
Extensions and internal alterations. Construction of balcony and balcony roof window to f…
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings