Post Office & Stores, Middle Town, St Agnes, TR22 0PL. Data via plota.co.uk

Pending P/26/034/FUL - Full

Council

Scilly Isles

Date received

around 1 May 2026

Date validated

1 May 2026

Postcode

TR22 0PL

Type

Full

Description

Demolition of the existing shop and post office (excluding existing granite gable) and construction of a new shop, post office and workers dwelling, including works to site levels and existing track. Commenting on an application If you wish to comment on an application, you can do so in writing to the Planning Officer by email or by letter to the address below. Please note that postal communica Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:59

Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 6 Oct 2026; it is now day 158.

Day 158, past the statutory target. 74% of full applications in Scilly Isles are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

target

predicted

Day 158102 days past the 56-day target

43%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

24decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Scilly Isles in the last twelve months, from validation. Scilly Isles decision record →

Planning committee

Decided by Full Council on 18 Jun 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

A councillor said the local community had been consulted and the development was important for St Agnes’s sustainability.
The committee voted to grant permission, subject to conditions, with authority delegated for minor condition amendments.

Source: Plota analysis of Scilly Isles's committee minutes, Full Council minutes, 18 June 2026 .

Site constraints 10

Isles Of Scilly 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.

Isles of Scilly conservation area

Also Isles of Scilly 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.

4 Article 4 directions

Isles of Scilly Article 4 Direction 1975 · Isles of Scilly Article 4 Direction 1988 · Isles of Scilly Article 4 Direction 1995 · Isles of Scilly Article 4 Direction 1998. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Heritage coast: Isles of Scilly

A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.

Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.

Special area of conservation about 27 m away: Isles of Scilly

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.

Scheduled monument about 34 m away: Prehistoric to Romano-British field system and settlement at Higher Town, St Agnes

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

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 Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

SSSI about 118 m away: Big Pool & Browarth Point(St Agnes) 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.

Also on the record

Priority habitat about 16 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

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