Plan to turn a top Indian restaurant in Cornwall into flats

The proposal is to turn The Maharajah on Cliff Road, in the Lusty Glaze area of Newquay, into six flats. It is one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the Duchy. 

However, the building has been on the market for some time and a planning statement on Cornwall Council's planning portal says: “Considering the lack of interest in the building’s sale and the growing interest from potential buyers to convert it into apartments, we kindly request the favourable consideration of the planning authority for this conversion project.”

The Maharajah is renowned in Cornwall for its distinctive, authentic Indian dishes, which can be enjoyed in their 100-seater restaurant with sea views. It was established back in 1980 and was originally marketed for sale so the owners could retire.

More details can be found on the planning portal, accessed through Cornwall Council's website, using reference PA24/00596.

Other planning applications up for consideration by the council include:

More than 50 new houses in Tregony

A Cornish property developer is proposing to build 56 houses – including 30 affordable homes – in a village at the gateway of a Cornish peninsula which is in dire need of affordable properties for locals.

Acorn Blue – which has developed around 450 homes in Cornwall since 2008 – is seeking advice from Cornwall Council’s planning department before submitting a full application to build the properties, including a new rectory, access, estate roads and landscaping on 5.7 acres of land east of The Glebe in Tregony at the entrance to the Roseland Peninsula.

The area of land in Tregony which could see the development of 56 properties (Pic: Acorn Blue)

Acorn Blue was approached by Savills on behalf of the Truro Diocesan Board to deliver an affordable housing led scheme for the rural exception site [which allows affordable and market housing in more isolated rural locations which might ordinarily be rejected by local authorities]. The development would include a mix of one bedroom flats and two to five bedroom houses.

For more details see application PA24/00205/PREAPP. You can also read more here: Church diocese wants to build 50 homes at entrance to Cornish peninsula

Eight houses near Redruth

Pre-application advice is being sought for eight houses with detached garages, including an access lane on land adjacent to Oxland Parc, Merritts Hill, Illogan, near Redruth.

For more details see application PA24/00218/PREAPP on the council’s planning portal.

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New homes in Fowey

An application seeks approval for a residential development of up to three houses on land to the south of Lawhyre Farmhouse, Polvillion Road, Fowey. The site is located on the main approach road into Fowey, within a complex known as Lawhyre Holiday Cottages, which shares a communal driveway with the applicants’ house.

For more details see application PA24/01635 on the council’s planning portal.

Demolition of tower block and replacement flats, Penzance

DMA Architects has submitted a pre-application on behalf of housing association LiveWest for advice from Cornwall Council’s planning department before lodging a full application to demolish the Fountain Court tower block in Penzance and replace it with 21 affordable apartments of which 13 would be two-bedroom flats and eight one-bedroom apartments. The new flats would be lower than the existing building.

How the affordable flats, which would replace Fountain Court, could look (Pic: DMA Architects)

For more details see application PA24/00103/PREAPP on the council’s planning portal. You can also read more here: Affordable flats could replace one of Cornwall’s tallest buildings

Five new homes near Wadebridge

A development of five detached sustainable homes with associated works has been proposed at Trevanson, a hamlet near Wadebridge. The site, which has long been largely agricultural land, would see four four-bedroom houses and one three-bed.

For more details see application PA24/01511 on the council’s planning portal.

Four houses near Wadebridge

Plans have been received for four detached homes with integral garages on land south of Ball Cottages, at Egloshayle, near Wadebridge.

For more details see application PA24/01530 on the council’s planning portal.

Eight new homes at Bugle

An outline application has been submitted for eight new houses including access and layout at the Cricket Ground, Station Road, Bugle. Two of the homes would be affordable and all would have three bedrooms.

For more details see application PA23/10101 on the council’s planning portal.

No dates have been set for when the planning applications above will be determined. Anyone is allowed to submit comments about the applications – whether in support or objection.