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Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cornwall Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
3,032Searchable applications
1,195Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 1,134 approved or refused records
69Refused applications

1,065 approved · 69 refused · 82 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

Conservation areas145 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. DecidedPA26/00939/PREAPP

    Pre application advice for change of use of former St Johns Ambulance station to 1 residential unit.

    St John Ambulance Brigade Penalverne Place Penzance Cornwall TR18 2QZ

    Received Not published
  2. Awaiting decisionPA26/05666

    Alterations to existing dwelling and construction of new dwelling and associated works within garden area

    Woodbine Cottage Penelewey Feock Cornwall TR3 6QY

    Received Not published
  3. Awaiting decisionPA26/05667

    Listed Building Consent for refurbishment and repair of the grade II listed farmhouse and associated curtilage buildings, including structural repairs, internal alterations, thermal upgrading, roof and joinery repairs, and reinstatement for residential use

    Lower Bowden St Neot Liskeard Cornwall PL14 6QN

    Received Not published
  4. Awaiting decisionPA26/05668

    Reserved Matters application for the erection of 192 residential dwellings and their associated roads, drainage, landscaping, garaging and parking to include appearance, layout, scale and landscaping (details following outline consent PA16/00272 dated 10/08/2016)

    Phases 4 And 5 HX1 Helston Urban Extension Helston Cornwall

    Received Not published
  5. Awaiting decisionPA26/05669

    Erection of a dwelling

    Crosslands Shop Morwenstow Bude Cornwall EX23 9PE

    Received Not published
  6. Awaiting decisionPA26/00941/PREAPP

    Pre application advice for conversion of existing barns and formation of extension to form retirement dwelling .

    Land South West Of West Rose Works St Mewan St Austell Cornwall PL26 7DR

    Received Not published
  7. Awaiting decisionPA26/05670

    Alterations to existing dwelling including retention as a single dwelling, changes to external materials, replacement windows and doors, provision of a secondary external escape stair, and extension of the external terrace over the roof of the detached garage

    Valhalla Droskyn Point Perranporth Cornwall TR6 0GS

    Received Not published
  8. Awaiting decisionPA26/05671

    Reserved Matters application for the construction of one four bedroomed family home (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) details following outline consent PA24/07348 allowed on appeal dated 02.10.2025 for the construction of four family homes

    Wyvern Penvose Lane Four Cross Treluswell Penryn Cornwall TR10 9AN

    Received Not published
  9. Awaiting decisionPA26/05672

    Submission of details to discharge conditions 5, 6, 12 in relation to decision notice PA25/02932 dated 24.02.2026

    Land South Of Victoria Road (West Of Roughtor Road)

    Received Not published
  10. Awaiting decisionPA26/05673

    Erection of equestrian barn

    Gew Farm Buildings Prospidnick Hill Prospidnick Sithney Helston Cornwall TR13 0RY

    Received Not published
  11. Awaiting decisionPA26/05675

    Single-storey replacement rear extension, alongside a modest single-storey side extension to form an enclosed garage with associated external steps, upper level balustraded domestic amenity space, and minor internal reconfigurations

    1 Leader Road Newquay Cornwall TR7 3HJ

    Received Not published
  12. DecidedPA26/00942/PREAPP

    Pre-application advice for amendments to approved plans (PA22/06566 / PA23/02155). Development has been carried out contrary to the approved plans, and advice is sought on the most appropriate route to regularise the amendments

    High Tide Chywoone Hill Newlyn Cornwall

    Received Not published
  13. DecidedPA26/00943/PREAPP

    Exception notice for various trees to monolith due to disease and proximity to the highway

    Chandlers Walk Charlestown St Austell Cornwall PL25 3NB

    Received Not published
  14. Awaiting decisionPA26/05676

    Construction of a dwelling.

    Land Adjacent To St Margaret's North Country Redruth TR16 4AA

    Received Not published
  15. Awaiting decisionPA26/05677

    Gerneral Purpose farm building

    Pleasant Streams Withiel Bodmin Cornwall PL30 5NP

    Received Not published
  16. Awaiting decisionPA26/05678

    Demolition of existing dwelling and replacement with two storey dwelling with associated works

    Fairview School Lane St Hilary Penzance Cornwall TR20 9DR

    Received Not published
  17. DecidedPA26/05679

    Non material amendment in relation to decision notice PA21/11866 dated 19/10/2022 to allow the amendment to the location of the building footprint as built

    Haven Cottage St Just In Roseland Truro Cornwall TR2 5HY

    Received Not published
  18. DecidedPA26/05681

    Application to tree works with in a Conservation Area: Shorten branches of Yew as image, reductions to Holly and Bay trees, Magnolia crown lift lower branches only to maximum 3 m as image with no reduction of upper crown.

    20 And 22 Falmouth Road Truro Cornwall TR1 2HX

    Received Not published
  19. Awaiting decisionPA26/05682

    Conversion of two traditional barns to residential use and construction of new workshops without compliance with condition 10 of decision notice PA10/04672 dated 25.10.2010

    Ruthvoes Barns Ruthvoes St Columb Major Cornwall

    Received Not published
  20. DecidedPA26/05683

    Works to Trees within a Conservation Area (TCA) - Elm x 2 (Dead), Ash x 2 (significant dieback already noted) and Conifer - Fell all and remove.

    Land West Of West End Cottage The Green Probus Cornwall

    Received Not published
  21. DecidedPA26/00945/PREAPP

    Exception Notice for works to yew trees T11 and G5

    Egloshayle Cemetery Wadebridge Cornwall PL27 6HY

    Received Not published
  22. Awaiting decisionPA26/05684

    Extension, reconfiguration and proposed garage with variation of condition 2 of decision notice PA21/10610 dated 06.01.2022.

    33 Sharaman Close St Austell Cornwall PL25 3DH

    Received Not published
  23. Awaiting decisionPA26/05685

    Listed building consent to alter and extend the opening between the kitchen and dining room and to remove one downstairs toilet to change use of room to a utility area

    3 Elm Terrace St Austell Cornwall PL25 5QF

    Received Not published
  24. Awaiting decisionPA26/05686

    Extensions to farm machinery dealership building.

    Rundle And Co Agri Kennards House Cornwall Launceston PL15 7EZ

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Cornwall Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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