Planning application
Kings Arms 37 Fore Street Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2AG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the Existing use of first and second floors of the building to be used as houses in multiple occupation
As published by the council, reference PA26/05102
Application record
- Reference
- PA26/05102
- Type
- Cert Lawful Use/Development - existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 16 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Torpoint
- Parish
- Torpoint
- Decision by
- HoS Sign Off
- Postcode
- PL11 2AG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cornwall register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PA26/01079 Withdrawn
Kings Arms 37 Fore Street Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2AG
Change of use from public house to 5 studio flats on ground floor and regularisation of use of first and second floors as a HMO (house in multiple occupation)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Cornwall
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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16 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted (CAADs, PIPs and LUs only)
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Buildingcontrol: BC26/02285/DOMRG (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING/PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR PLANS
- N S W E
- STATUTORY DECLARATION OF ANDREW JOHN CLARKSON
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cornwall granted permission on 16 September 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. 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.
Nearby applications
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37 Fore Street Torpoint Cornwall PL11 2AG
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