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Land West Of Bay House Porthcothan Padstow Cornwall PL28 8LW

Refused Cornwall PA25/05637 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

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the Existing Use of land ancillary/incidental to dwelling

As published by the council, reference PA25/05637

Application record

Reference
PA25/05637
Type
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
8 Aug 2025
Validated
8 Aug 2025
Decided
1 Oct 2025
Ward
Padstow
Parish
St. Eval
Decision by
HoS Sign Off
Postcode
PL28 8LW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Aug 2025

    Received by Cornwall

  2. 1 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Laurence Associates Agent, registered in Cambridge

Dissolved · incorporated 2007 · Cambridge

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Documents

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

9 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Cornwall refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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