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Bickford Smith Institute Cliff Road Porthleven Helston Cornwall TR13 9EY

Awaiting decision Cornwall PA25/00157/PREAPP Pre-Application HBA - Publicly Available

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Pre application advice for sensitive regeneration of the building to include the resilience of the clock tower as a sustainable community and civic resource for Porthleven.

As published by the council, reference PA25/00157/PREAPP

Application record

Reference
PA25/00157/PREAPP
Type
Pre-Application HBA - Publicly Available
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
21 Mar 2025
Validated
21 Mar 2025
Ward
Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
Parish
Porthleven
Postcode
TR13 9EY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 Mar 2025

    Received by Cornwall

  2. 31 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 May 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Cornwall took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

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

2 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Cornwall for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cornwall decided outline applications in a median of 43 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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