Cornwall planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Cornwall Council, updated daily. Cornwall Council received 1,894 planning applications in the last 90 days, 54 of them major schemes. 95% of the applications it decided were approved.
Search Cornwall planning applications
Filter by type, value, date and status. The council's own register is on the official Cornwall Council planning portal.
Recent applications in Cornwall
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Portreath Cornwall
Portreath flood alleviation scheme, Cornwall, full application stage. A 3.2-hectare programme of channel reprofiling, defence wall repair and footbridge replacement at Portreath. Groundworks, concrete repair, steel footbridges and scour protection stone are the packages for civil contractors and…
GroundworksStructural repairSteel
Unity Bar, The Bull Steakhouse And Beach Road Apartments 1 Beach Road Newquay Cornwall TR7 1ES
10-unit mixed-use reconfiguration and upper-floor extension, Newquay, at full application stage. Adds a 226 sqm upper floor with four apartments over retail and restaurant units, reconfiguring the existing bar and six flats. Steel, roofing, glazing and M&E packages for kitchen extract and flats are…
BrickworkRoofingSteel
Land South West Of Bridge House Apartments Melvill Road Falmouth Cornwall TR11 4GJ
Nine-apartment residential scheme, Falmouth, at pre-application stage. New block of nine flats with associated infrastructure on land off Melvill Road, still at pre-application advice stage. Groundworks, drainage and M&E packages are the early opportunities if the scheme proceeds to full…
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Launchpad Building Falmouth University, Penryn Campus Penryn TR10 9FF
935 sqm two-storey teaching extension, Falmouth University Penryn campus. Adds student studio and teaching space plus ancillary facilities, with replacement parking, at full application stage. Brickwork, steel, glazing and M&E packages lead the works, with groundworks and car park surfacing for…
BrickworkSteelGlazing
Land To The North Of Lamb Park Par Cornwall
Six-dwelling reserved matters scheme, Par, Cornwall. Reserved matters for six homes on 0.59 hectares, following outline consent PA22/04392 for up to nine. Groundworks, drainage and brickwork packages open to local subcontractors once layout and scale are fixed.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Barns 8 And 10 Tremayne Poultry Farm Old Rail Road Crowan Praze An Beeble Cornwall TR14 9NB
Two-dwelling barn replacement scheme, Crowan, full application stage. Demolishes Barns 8 and 10 and erects two homes with access, parking and drainage, following Class Q prior approval PA24/01959. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing packages open first, with M&E and hard landscaping for…
DemolitionGroundworksStructural frame
Milnor Cottage Clifton Road Park Bottom Redruth Cornwall TR15 3UA
Two-bungalow residential scheme, Redruth. One 2-bed and one 3-bed bungalow with parking and amenity space at full application stage. Groundworks, foundations, brickwork and roofing packages open early, with drainage and landscaping following through completion.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Land Adj To The Cottage Relubbus Hill Relubbus Cornwall TR20 9EL
Single new dwelling on adjacent plot, Relubbus, full application. Proposes one new home on a 0.07 hectare site beside The Cottage on Relubbus Hill, at full application stage. Groundworks, masonry, roofing and first-fix M&E packages suit local Cornish subcontractors, and the mid-range local market…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Land West Of Swallow Height Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9SF
Single replacement dwelling, pre-application enquiry, Gunnislake. Pre-application advice on demolishing one home and rebuilding it on a Cornish site, not yet a formal submission. Demolition, groundworks, brickwork and roofing suit local builders, with M&E and drainage to follow if the scheme…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Hallworthy Business Park Hallworthy Camelford Cornwall PL32 9SH
490 sqm business park extension, full application stage. Extends Unit 1 and reworks external elevations of Units 1 and 2, with yard storage and parking, at full stage. Groundworks for yards and parking, plus cladding and roofing to the extension, are open to regional subcontractors.
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
Barn At Shephards Hill Shephards Hill Nanstallon Bodmin Cornwall PL30 3AA
Barn conversion and new agricultural barn, pre-application stage, Bodmin. Pre-application enquiry covering conversion of an existing barn, a new agricultural barn and a dog-walking paddock. Steel frame, cladding and groundworks for the new barn, plus roofing and joinery for the conversion, are the…
GroundworksSteelCladding
Street Record Liskeard Cornwall
Single dwelling pre-application advice, Liskeard, sustainable materials scheme. Pre-application enquiry for one new home using moss roofing, solar slate tiles, solar windows and repurposed materials. Living-roof, integrated solar and glazing specialists could be engaged early, before any full…
GroundworksRoofingRenewables
Little Menerdue Rame Common Cross Penryn Cornwall TR10 9LP
Former dairy conversion to domestic garage and store, Penryn. Alters an existing agricultural building for residential ancillary use at full application stage. Structural work, roofing repairs and fit-out for storage define the scope for local trades.
Structural repairRoofingFit-out
Agricultural Building At Trelissick Trelissick Sithney Helston Cornwall TR13 0RL
Class R barn-to-apart-hotel conversion, Helston, prior approval stage. Converts an existing agricultural building near Sithney into C1 apart-hotel accommodation under Class R prior approval. Fit-out, M&E, insulation and drainage packages suit specialist hospitality fit-out subcontractors.
Fit-outM&EInsulation
Little Teasel Newmill Penzance Cornwall TR20 8UZ
Ground-mounted solar array and rural plant room, Penzance, full application. New plant room with roof-mounted panels sits beside a ground array at Little Teasel, Newmill. Piling or ground screws, cable trenching and plant room masonry suit local groundworks and renewables contractors.
GroundworksRenewablesBrickwork
Planning appeals in Cornwall Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Cornwall Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Cornwall Council, raw rate
28.9%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.4%
national rates applied to this caseload
0.5 percentage points above expected. Cornwall Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
2,347 appeals counted, 2,149 judged either way (621 allowed, 1,528 dismissed), 198 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.7% | 28.8% | 1,731 | 1,726 | 530 |
| Enforcement Notice | 10% | 13.5% | 221 | 170 | 17 |
| Householder (HAS) | 30.9% | 35.6% | 138 | 136 | 42 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 25.5% | 36.9% | 52 | 51 | 13 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 23.8% | 25% | 23 | 21 | 5 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | 15.4% | 25.2% | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 42.9% | 20.6% | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Section 106 Agreement | 42.9% | 39.8% | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 16.7% | 33.3% | 6 | 6 | 1 |
10 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Modifications | Too few judged | 100% | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14A | None judged | Not published | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Section 106BC (Affordable Housing) | Too few judged | 71.4% | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | Too few judged | 8.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marine and Coastal Access | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Cornwall Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent400 homes
- Affordable rent16 homes
- Shared ownership283 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Cornwall Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder96% (610 decided)
- other96% (342 decided)
- residential94% (175 decided)
- commercial92% (50 decided)
Nearby councils
Comparing planning tools?
What you get with SiteLens
Map and project brief
Applications on a live map, with categories, trades and plain-English briefs. Filter by estimated value band.
Constraints and tenders
24 constraint flags on every site, and the public tenders and awards near it.
Daily alerts
New matching applications from this council, by email each morning.
Who's behind it (Pro)
The agent and applicant, their contact details where published, and the company directors.
Start tracking Cornwall today
The Free plan is free forever, no card needed. Pro is £39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually.
Start for free