Hessenford Bridge Hessenford Cornwall PL11 3HJ Data via plota.co.uk
PA26/04181 - Listed Building Consent
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Proposal
Listed building consent for 2 x pre-construction trial holes TH5 and TH6 and subsequent 2x excavations during construction Data via plota.co.uk
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22 Jul 2026
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Consultation
24 Jul 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026
Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Self Sign Off (Area Team) · Last checked 25 Sept 2026
Documents 13
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 5
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105500-PEF-ZZ-XX-OE-TN-00001 REV P02 ECOLOGICAL TECHNICAL NOTE
Assessment - Ecological · 12 Aug 2026
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ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 2023
Assessment - Ecological · 22 Jul 2026
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ECOLOGIST UPDATE - 2026
Assessment - Ecological · 22 Jul 2026
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ECOLOGY TRIGGER LIST - MINOR/OTHER APPLICATIONS
Ecology Report Trigger Table · 8 Jul 2026
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DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Statement - Design and Access · 12 Jun 2026
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Application forms 1
Other documents 6
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LIST ENTRY
Listed Building Description · 22 Jul 2026
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TRIAL HOLE SCHEDULE - PL EST. QUANTS 09.02.26
Supporting Information · 14 Jul 2026
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TRIAL HOLE SCHEDULE - PL EST. QUANTS 09.02.26
Supporting Information · 14 Jul 2026
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ROUGH OUTLINE CONSTRUCTION EXCAVATIONS
Photo · 12 Jun 2026
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ROUGH OUTLINE TH5
Photo · 12 Jun 2026
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ROUGH OUTLINE TH6
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Site constraints 9
Grade II listed: Bridge Over River Seaton
List entry 1329305 · 0 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 4 with distances
- 4 mHessenford BridgeGrade II
- 110 mChurch of St AnneGrade II
- 126 mBickhamGrade II
- 132 mCottage 5m to North East of BickhamGrade II
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Hessenford 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 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.
Local nature reserve 180 m away: Seaton Valley North
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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.
Also on the record
Flood defence 5 m away (bridge abutment, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Priority habitat 21 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
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
- Listed Building Consent
- Postcode
- PL11 3HJ
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Looe East And Deviock
- Parish
- Deviock
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Approved with conditions
- Decision date
- 24 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Self Sign Off (Area Team)
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 64 days from validation, 9 days slower than Cornwall's median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 99% of listed building works here are.
This one64d
Council55d
UK56d
75%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
353decided in the last year
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Cornwall in the last twelve months, from validation. Cornwall decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 25 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15006450
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15006450
- Comments by
- 14 Aug 2026
- Site or press notice
- 24 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Nearby activity
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2025
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Copley Arms Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HJ
Proposed external development to add new open sided timber porch with pitched slate cover…
2025
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Church Hill Cottage Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HR
Exception notice for heavy pruning of the fallen Apple tree to see if it can be saved, ot…
2025
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Valley Cottage Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HR
Works to trees in a Conservation Area for Leylandii (T1) - crown raise to 3.5m and reduce…
2024
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Proposed addition of a new powder coated steel external fire escape staircase and landing…
2023
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Proposed new pumping station and sewage treatment works
2022
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EIA Screening Opinion request for new Sewage Treatment Works
2022
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Works to trees in a conservation area (CA), works include removal of an Ash Tree.
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Proposed extension and minor alterations.
2021
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The Coach House Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
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2021
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Peel Cottage Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HR
Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely cut back 12 metre Hazel tree by approximate…
2019
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St Annes Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HR
Works to trees in a conservation area, namely reduce Ginko (T1) by approximately 3 metres…
2019
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St Annes Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HR
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2018
Approved
Valley Cottage Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
Works to trees in a conservation area, namely reduction of conifer trees (T1 and T2) to 2…
2018
Approved
Valley Cottage Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
Works to tree in a conservation area, namely T1 Ash reduction of crown by approximately 1…
2017
Approved
Grounds Of Hessenford Church Hall Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HJ
Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely felling of the Lawson's cypress T1.
2017
Approved
Claremont House Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
Works to trees in a conservation area, namely fell an apple tree (T1) as it has out grown…
2017
Approved
The Coach House Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
Tree works to trees within a conservation area.
2017
Approved
The Coach House Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
Tree works to fell an Aspen (Populus tremula) within a conservation area.
2016
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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
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Other 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.
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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
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