Planning application
21 And 21A Westheath Avenue Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1QH
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
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19 Jan 2026
Received by Cornwall
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24 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refused
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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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Open the documentsWhat 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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