Old Barbican Cottage Barbican Hill East Looe Looe Cornwall PL13 1DZ Data via plota.co.uk

PA25/09422 - Full application Refused

Proposal

Replace four timber painted windows with heritage flush casement windows in textured manmade material. One window to be approved retrospectively in the same material. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
5 Jan 2026
Consultation
30 Jan 2026
Refused
27 Feb 2026
Appeal dismissed
7 Jul 2026

Refused on 27 Feb 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

Site constraints 4

Grade II listed: The Old Barbican
List entry 1201097 · 28 m from the pin
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 ↗
Looe 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.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Looe built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Cornwall - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Cornwall
Application type
Full application
Postcode
PL13 1DZ
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Looe East And Deviock
Parish
Looe
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
Refusal one reason
Decision date
27 Feb 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Appeal
Dismissed · 7 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case ↗
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 53 days. Refused, as 5% of extensions here are.

85%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
100%go to committee

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Cornwall in the last twelve months, from validation. Cornwall decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 2 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14563761
Site or press notice
30 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
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