Planning application
Hendra China Clay Works Quarry Close Road Nanpean Cornwall
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning performance agreement for proposed minerals related development, namely the Trelavour Lithium Project (the Project) to include the following main elements i - Mining operations at the Trelavour open pit; ii - Processing plant at Trelavour; iii - Mining Waste Facilities (MWF), possibility at two separate sites (to be confirmed).
As published by the council, reference PA25/00652/PREAPP
Application record
- Reference
- PA25/00652/PREAPP
- Type
- Pre-Application Publicly Available
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2025
- Ward
- St Dennis And St Enoder
- Parish
- St. Dennis
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2025
Received by Cornwall
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 October 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
4 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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
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