The Old Institute Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HJ Data via plota.co.uk
PA26/00482/PREAPP - Pre-Application HBA - Publicly Available
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Pre-application advice for the conversion and change of use of former working mens club to a single dwelling. Data via plota.co.uk
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20 Apr 2026
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Closed - advice given
6 Jul 2026
Closed - advice given on 6 Jul 2026 · Self Sign Off (Area Team) · Last checked 2 Aug 2026
Documents 19
Plans & drawings 12
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BLOCK PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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LOCATION PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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EAST ELEVATION OF ROOF
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EAST ELEVATION SECTION
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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EXTENSION NORTH ELEVATION
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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EXTENSION PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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EXTENSION PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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KITCHEN PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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MEZZANINE SKETCH EAST ELEVATION
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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FLOOR PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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SOUTH ELEVATION
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TOI PLAN
Preapplication Enquiry · 9 Apr 2026
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Application forms 1
Other documents 6
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PORCH SKETCH
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TRUSS, MEZZANINE, STAIRS
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Site constraints 7
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 223 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.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Hessenford Bridge, Grade II, 53 m away · 3 Grade II
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.
Show all 3 with distances
- 53 mHessenford BridgeGrade II
- 57 mBridge Over River SeatonGrade II
- 81 mChurch of St AnneGrade II
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
- Pre-Application HBA - Publicly Available
- Postcode
- PL11 3HJ
- Received
- 20 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 20 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Looe East And Deviock
- Parish
- Deviock
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Closed - advice given
- Decision date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Self Sign Off (Area Team)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Planix.UK Planning Consultants Ltd
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 2 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 3 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
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Approved
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2025
Approved
Copley Arms Church Hill Hessenford Torpoint Cornwall PL11 3HJ
Proposed external development to add new open sided timber porch with pitched slate cover…
2025
Withdrawn
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
Approved
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…
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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
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Works to trees in a conservation area (CA), works include removal of an Ash Tree.
2022
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Proposed extension and minor alterations.
2021
Approved
The Coach House Church Hill Hessenford PL11 3HR
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2021
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2019
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2018
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2017
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Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely felling of the Lawson's cypress T1.
2017
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2017
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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
Approved
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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use
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
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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