EACH week, hundreds of planning applications come before Cornwall Council’s planning department, seeking to win approval for various plans right across the Duchy, with some concerning Holsworthy handled by Torridge District Council.

These plans can comprise of a number of different reasonings – ranging from permission to replace windows or listed building consent ranging up to large house building developments or changing of use of a building, for instance, from an office to a café, or flats.

Within this large and often complex system, there are a number of formats from which planning advice and approval can be sought.

These range from full applications where all the details which comprise a proposed development or work to a building are submitted, to outline applications, where further details are yet to be confirmed, for example, an outline application with reserved matters for appearance may not confirm the final proposed development but rather seek permission in principle.

An example of this is one for an outline permission for 20 dwellings on land with reserved matters for appearance and scale; the reserved matters would require further permission later for their inclusion.

Other types of applications include pre-application advice requests, where would-be developers submit often outline proposals to a local authority to ascertain whether it is likely to gain support or not prior to submitting a planning application.

The vast majority of applications are decided by planning officers employed by a local authority under ‘delegated powers’, meaning they do so on behalf of their employer, however, some applications are ‘called in’ by local councillors to be discussed at an area’s strategic planning committee meeting, meaning the final decision rests with a committee of councillors.

AN extension to the club house for a popular Camelford club has been approved by Cornwall Council.

Camelford and District Bowling Club applied to the local authority seeking permission to extend their clubhouse on Lanteglos Road, Camelford.

The applicant, South West Community Builds, told Cornwall Council’s planning department: “The application site has an area of approximately 0.593 ha and is located to the north of Lanteglos Road and to the east of Jetwells.

“The site is well shielded from the public highway by established trees and vegetation and both the existing clubhouse and bowling green are situated at at lower levels than Lanteglos Road. The land slopes down by nearly 7m from the easternmost point of the site adjacent to Lanteglos Road to the northwestern boundary.

“The adjacent uses to the west of the club are predominantly leisure- and hospitality-based. On other boundaries the uses are agricultural.

“The proposed reconfiguration of the clubhouse retains the core layout of the existing building whilst providing relocated changing and WC facilities and improved public rooms for public functions, club events and indoor bowls during the Winter season.

“The extensions are designed to fit within the existing building line and would not cause any overlooking issues to adjacent properties.

“The proposed extensions have been designed to have the same scale and proportion as the existing building, retaining the same ridge and eaves heights as the existing building.

“The existing roof structure is proposed to be extended with gable elevations at the sides of the building rather than the hipped roofs in the existing building. All new windows will have the same head and sill heights as the existing windows.

“All new door openings will be complementary to the existing doors.”

Camelford Town Council said it supported the application, which was approved without any additional conditions beyond the standard stipulations by Cornwall Council.

PROPOSALS have been submitted to Torridge District Council for a change of use for Holsworthy Training and Business Centre on Western Road in the town.

The applicant told the council: “The Planning application is purely to change the building use from education to the appropriate category that covers professional services/Admin/.”

The application has been submitted by Mystery Shoppers Ltd and is currently under consideration by Torridge District Council.

THE North Cornwall town of Bodmin is currently undergoing something of a vast urban expansion – with multiple large house building development plans either being constructed or in the process of going through or preparing planning applications.

Planning applications submitted to Cornwall Council show that since 2020, large developments have brought 998 homes to the town, with an extra 2,074 homes in future proposed large developments currently being the subject of planning applications.

The majority of the developments so far completed are on the former site of the St Lawrence’s Asylum and adjacent to Priory Road.

The site allocations for Bodmin in the Cornwall local plan identified a target to build 3,100 dwellings between 2010 and 2030, which the town is likely to exceed if the current allocations are all approved by Cornwall Council.

It also identified a number of transport measures to complement it, including highway improvements comprising of a link and road bridge at Respryn to open up the Halgavor Urban extension, a new link road between Boundary Road and Dunmere Road and a number of strategic junction improvements.

Status of application: Completed

Developer: Wainhomes

Status of application: Phase two under construction

Developer: Treveth Holdings.

Status of application: Completed

Developer: Persimmon Homes

Status of application: Approved/In progress

Developer: Pearce Fine Homes

Status of application: Completed

Developer: Coastline

Status of application: Approved/In progress

Developer: Bunnyhomes

Status of application: Approved/Completed

Developer: Gilbert and Goode

Status of application: Approved/completed

Developer: Vistry Partnership

Status of application: Outline planning application

Developer: Wainhomes

Status of application: Reserved matters application

Developer: Persimmon Homes/Hawkstone 2002 Ltd

Status of application: Full planning application

Developer: Wainhomes

Status of application – Pre application/EIA Scoping request

Developer: Devonshire Homes

Status of application – Pre application

Developer: Landra Developments

Status of application: Outline planning application

Developer: Cornwall Council