Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cornwall Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,107 approved · 76 refused · 84 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
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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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Old School House Carrallack Lane St Just Penzance Cornwall TR19 7LZ
Received Not publishedRoyal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Cornwall Food Production 32 Barncoose Redruth Cornwall TR15 3RQ
Received Not publishedLand Off Trenwith Lane Trenwith Lane St Ives Cornwall TR26 2BD
Received Not published8 Saffron Close Fowey Cornwall PL23 1EU
Received Not publishedLargo The Crescent Widemouth Bay Bude Cornwall EX23 0AD
Received Not publishedLand West Of 5 Tredour Road Tredour Road Newquay Cornwall TR7 2EY
Received Not publishedShip & Castle Hotel The Waterfront St Mawes TR2 5DG
Received Not publishedCornwall Care Ltd Headlands Residential Home Headland Road Carbis Bay St Ives Cornwall TR26 2NT
Received Not publishedSuchness Greenwith Hill Perranwell Station Truro Cornwall TR3 7LS
Received Not published23 Mount Wise Newquay Cornwall TR7 2BQ
Received Not publishedNos 6 To 17 Phillimore Court Hensbarrow Meadows Foxhole St Austell PL26 7DQ
Received Not publishedLand At Trethowel Clay Dry Bodmin Road Trethowel St Austell PL26 8XE
Received Not publishedThe Site Comprises Two Largely Rectangular Fields, Located To The South Of Victoria Road, With The Proposed Access Point Located Opposite (to The South Of) No's 21 And 23 Victoria Road
Received Not publishedBerwyn West Pentire Road Crantock Newquay Cornwall TR8 5RZ
Received Not publishedPentre Station Hill Lelant St Ives Cornwall TR26 3DJ
Received Not publishedChough Cottage Chantry Lane Looe Cornwall PL13 1LF
Received Not publishedTwitterings Trolver Croft Feock Truro Cornwall TR3 6RT
Received Not publishedRobbies Ice Cream Factory Buller Street East Looe Looe Cornwall PL13 1DF
Received Not publishedLundy View Business Park Hallworthy Camelford Cornwall PL32 9SJ
Received Not publishedHomeside Fore Street Polperro Cornwall PL13 2RR
Received Not published11 Boaden Close/2 Stuarts Way Hatt Saltash Cornwall PL12 6NT
Received Not publishedCob Cottage Portloe Truro Cornwall TR2 5QZ
Received Not publishedNewlands 9 La Vague Feock Truro Cornwall TR3 6RQ
Received Not publishedFormer Public Conveniences Malpas Truro TR1 1SQ
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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