Porthleven, Cornwall plans to build 70 homes in fields

Porthleven Robertson Developments Ltd has lodged a full pre-application for a residential development on 3.685 hectares of land off Wellington Road.

The proposal is for 70 dwellings including a mix of open market and 30% affordable units (21) for rent and shared ownership.

The developer says the proposals have taken into account the Porthleven Neighbourhood Local Plan, and how the site can be linked “seamlessly to the community of Porthleven as well as respecting the surrounding AONB, with limited impact on the skyline”.

Plans of the site the new homes occupy (Image: Robertson Developments Ltd/CC)

The site consists of three existing fields, which are agricultural land. To the west of the site is the existing Gibson Way housing estate.

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Cornwall Council’s Education and Early Years Service has asked for a planning obligation towards the provision of additional or improved school places or school facilities in the area, due to the infrastructure impact it may have on nearby Porthleven CP School and Helston Community College.

The NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board (ICB) has also noted the impact it may have on local services, namely the Porthleven Surgery, Helston Medical Centre and Meneage Street Surgery in Helston.

It states: “The practices named above are already significantly under capacity as a result of the cumulative impact of development in Helston and are currently lacking sufficient clinical and administrative space to attend to the needs of this growing population.

"This development of 49 dwellings (excluding 21 affordable dwellings) could generate an additional 113 residents and subsequently increase demand upon existing services even further.”

A pre-application asks for the views of council planners as to how such a planning application might be received, before any formal application for planning permission is made.