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Hendra China Clay Works Quarry Close Road Nanpean Cornwall

Awaiting decision Cornwall PA25/00652/PREAPP Pre-Application Publicly Available

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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

  1. 19 Aug 2025

    Received by Cornwall

  2. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 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 50 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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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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