A new Starbucks drive-thru, a Sunday school being converted into a family home and plans for an eco-home in a coastal village are among the planning applications which have been submitted to Cornwall Council this week.

Each application is considered by planning officers and is published on the council’s planning portal to give the public the opportunity to look at proposals and comment on them if they wish to do so.

Decisions will be made about the applications either by planning officers under delegated powers or they might go before the council’s planning committees.

Here are some of the latest applications which have been validated by the council this week:

Eco-home for Portloe

A family eco-home is planned to be built on brownfield land in Portloe on the Roseland Peninsula. The detached property is planned to be built on land north of the Ship Inn in the village.

The land is previously thought to have been occupied by fishermen’s cottages which have long been demolished, with ruins of the former buildings found on the site.

The applicant, Louella Anderson, currently lives outside of Cornwall but grew up in Portloe and is looking to move back permanently.

In an email included in the design and access statement she says: “I have grown up at Sea House, the house directly above the land in question, since the age of 15. I have lived in Cornwall since the age of one and have always dreamt of moving back when I was ready to settle down.

“Now at the age of 28, I feel now is the perfect time to start making plans to move back to Cornwall on a permanent basis. My partner, Charles Alston, has always been passionate about living in Cornwall one day too.

“Our dream is to build a fantastic new family home on the land below Sea House (where my parents still live), and to make this (and Portloe) our home for many years to come. To enable this to happen, we will be selling our residence in London – and this new development will become our primary and only residence.

“It will be great for us to be in such close proximity to my parents, and I know the village and the local schools are excellent for a family.”

The property would be a two-storey modern design and have four bedrooms. It has been designed to be low impact and “integrates and merges into its landscape setting”.

To find out more or comment on the application search for PA22/06225 on Cornwall Council’s planning portal.

New Starbucks for Bodmin

A full planning application has been submitted for a new Starbucks outlet at Bodmin Retail Park in Bodmin. Applicants Colesbourne Asset Management Ltd, wants to build a Starbucks which will have both a seated cafe and drive-thru facilities.

In a planning statement submitted with the plans it states that planning permission was previously granted for a restaurant to be built on the site in 2005. However, that restaurant was never constructed.

For more details and to comment on the planning application search for PA22/06346 on the planning portal.

Sunday School to be converted into family home

Plans have been submitted to convert a former Sunday school building into a family home. The Wheal Busy Sunday School in Chacewater is currently vacant and has not been used since 2010.

The building is said to be structurally sound but there has been some water ingress through damage to the roof. The application seeks to convert it into a three or four-bedroom home.

No changes are proposed to the exterior of the building but inside there are plans to lower the floor in part of the building and to add a mezzanine floor in the main hall space which would add two extra bedrooms, a bathroom and a library/office space on the first floor.

A design and access statement submitted with the application explains: “In order to retain the existing roof structure and preserve the history and character of the main space, whilst also inserting a first floor, it is proposed to locally lower the floor level to half of the hall, thus giving sufficient head height under the raised collar tie beams.

“The proposed conversion has been designed so as to respect and preserve the existing character of the Sunday School Hall and retain its appearance, therefore respecting the historic setting of the site.”

It adds: “Original windows will be repaired where possible or replaced with new to match the existing. The existing stonework will all be repointed where needed in a suitably appropriate lime mortar. The roof will be replaced in natural slate.”

To find out more about the proposals search for planning application number PA22/06616 on Cornwall Council’s planning portal.