Land East Of Karslake China Clay Works Currian Vale Nanpean Cornwall PL26 7XS Data via plota.co.uk

PA25/09509 - Full application Approved

Proposal

Two wind turbines along with associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure including access tracks, crane pads, cabling, electrical housing and a temporary construction compound Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 06:32

Application progress

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Consultation

20 Feb 2025

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Received

around 16 Feb 2026

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Approved

15 Jul 2026

Approved on 15 Jul 2026 · HoS Sign Off · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 71

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF ACFULZ - CONDITIONAL APPROVAL Decision Notice · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Officer Report · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 61

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Statement - Community Involvement · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF APENDIX M - AVIATION SUPPORTING STATEMENT Statement - Environmental Impact · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX N PHASE 1 PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT Assessment - Land Contamination · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX O COLLABORATIVE BENEFITS REPORT Statement - Environmental Impact · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGY REPORT TRIGGER TABLE Ecology Report Trigger Table · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY (NTS) Statement - Environmental Impact · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 5 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Representations Received · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very 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 4. 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 5

An estimated 10 to 30% 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 ↗

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Bible Christian Chapel With Attached Sunday School, Grade II, about 54 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: G7 Legacy; National infrastructure project about 1471 m away: The Trelavour Lithium Project, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 38 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate, 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: PL26 7XS
Received: around 16 Feb 2026
Validated: 16 Feb 2026
Ward: Roche And Bugle
Parish: St. Stephen-in-Brannel
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Jun 2026
Decision: Approved with conditions
Decision date: 15 Jul 2026
Decision level: HoS Sign Off
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 149 days from validation, 94 days slower than Cornwall's median of 55 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 98% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one149d

Council55d

UK55d

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

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14554923
Planning Portal ref: PP-14554923
Site or press notice: 20 Feb 2025
Statutory expiry: 8 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: Yes

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2022 Approved

Old Pound Farm Old Pound Nanpean PL26 7XS

16 ground mounted solar panels on 2 frames of 8 panels

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2017 Approved

Bible Christian Chapel Old Pound Nanpean PL26 7XS

Submission of details to discharge condition 3 in respect of decision notice PA17/00144

PA17/07312 6 Sep 2017

2017 Approved

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Listed building consent for works to ceiling and walls. Ceiling - removal of existing cei…

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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