Land Adj Praa Sands Holiday Park Praa Sands Holiday Park Praa Sands Penzance Cornwall TR20 9SH Data via plota.co.uk

PA25/08658 - Permission in Principle Refused
New homes

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the construction of minimum 5 dwellings, maximum of 9 dwellings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
12 Jan 2026
✗
Refused
13 Feb 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Feb 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 2 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REPIP - REFUSAL NOTICE Decision Notice · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 13 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Statement - Planning · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Cornwall 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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 2. 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
TR20 9SH
Received
5 Jan 2026
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
Parish
Breage
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Feb 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
13 Feb 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cornwall Planning Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 16 days faster than Cornwall's median of 55 for new homes. Refused, as 12% of new homes here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
100%go to committee

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

Public comments

57comments received
57 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 2 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Feb 2026
Site or press notice
12 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings