Land South Of Goonhavern Water Treatment Works Perranwell Goonhavern Cornwall TR4 9PD Data via plota.co.uk

Decided PA25/07883

Appeal: Allowed · 29 Apr 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003078 ↗

Council

Cornwall 7.9/10

Date received

around 17 Oct 2025

Date validated

17 Oct 2025

Postcode

TR4 9PD

Description

Electricity Act 1989: Overhead Lines (Exemption) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 10:08

Site constraints 4

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Public footpath about 17 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.

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

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 10 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 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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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