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21 And 21A Westheath Avenue Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1QH

Refused Cornwall PA26/00350 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 lawfulness for the existing use of land and buildings at 21 and 21A Westheath Avenue, Bodmin, comprising 2 physically separate and self contained residential units, each forming a single C3 dwelling house and used independently as separate dwelling houses for a continuous period in excess of 10 years.

As published by the council, reference PA26/00350

Application record

Reference
PA26/00350
Type
Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
19 Jan 2026
Validated
19 Jan 2026
Decided
24 Feb 2026
Ward
Bodmin St Mary's And St Leonard
Parish
Bodmin
Decision by
Peer Sign Off
Postcode
PL31 1QH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Received by Cornwall

  2. 24 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  3. 21 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

8 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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