Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Land South Of Seaways (Top Field) Harlyn Road St Merryn Padstow Cornwall PL28 8SF

Refused Cornwall PA21/02623 Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for an existing use of land as a camping site for tents

As published by the council, reference PA21/02623

Application record

Reference
PA21/02623
Type
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
11 Mar 2021
Validated
11 Mar 2021
Decided
27 Sep 2022
Ward
Padstow
Parish
St. Merryn
Decision by
Peer Sign Off
Postcode
PL28 8SF

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Mar 2021

    Received by Cornwall

  2. 27 Sep 2022

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy

11 applications on PlanIndex

Trade members see who it is, their full track record, and every application they have filed.

See who's behind it

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

40 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About lawful development applications

How this application type works

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

In Cornwall

  • PA26/05824 Awaiting decision

    3 Adams Crescent Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2DP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed conversion of existing car port and construction of side extension

    26 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • PA26/04077 Granted

    Country Kitchen St Georges Square Mevagissey St Austell Cornwall PL26 6UB

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed works to bathroom of listed building

    17 Jul 2026 Lawful development
  • PA26/05819 Awaiting decision

    The Hollies Silverwell Blackwater Truro Cornwall TR4 8JE

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use for the stationing of a caravan/mobile unit

    25 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • PA26/05886 Awaiting decision

    The Caravan Bridge View Sharlands Road Marhamchurch Bude Cornwall EX23 0HP

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing use for siting of mobile home as a residential unit and associated garden

    24 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • PA26/05496 Awaiting decision

    Moiety Cross Rock Wadebridge Cornwall PL27 6LS

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of a temporary building to provide overflow family accommodation

    24 Aug 2026 Lawful development