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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans for six luxury eco-homes and a new park above Falmouth Docks face fresh uncertainty after the site was relisted for sale.
The 4.04-acre brownfield site on Castle Drive, overlooking Falmouth Docks, has been listed for sale via agents KLP, with the freehold offered alongside detailed planning permission (ref. PA24/09830) approved by Cornwall Council in September last year.
The scheme, championed by Castle Drive Developments Ltd, had been hailed as a landmark regeneration project for the town, transforming a derelict former oil depot into six contemporary detached homes and a substantial new town park.
Approved plans, designed by Lavigne Lonsdale Architects, provide for properties ranging from a two-bedroom house of around 821 sq ft to a four-bedroom home of 2,056 sq ft, with a total gross internal area of roughly 8,939 sq ft.
The site still contains eight redundant underground oil storage tanks in its north-eastern section, decommissioned in 2015, with the rest of the land currently scrubland.
Under planning conditions, all landscaping and planting must be carried out in the first planting season following occupation or completion of the development, whichever comes sooner — a condition tied to delivery of the promised public park.
The current listing follows years of delay for the project, which first won approval in 2021 before stalling after the death of the scheme's architect, Peter DeSavary, in 2022.
A fresh application, submitted last year and described by the developer as "pretty much unchanged" from the original, secured renewed approval from Cornwall Council in September.
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That scheme had promised around 60% of the site would become public green space, with walking routes to the historic redoubt and panoramic views across the Falmouth Estuary, eventually to be gifted to Falmouth Town Council under a long-term maintenance dowry.
It is not yet clear why Castle Drive Developments Ltd has chosen to market the site rather than proceed with construction, or whether the sale signals a change of ownership rather than an abandonment of the scheme.
The Packet has approached Castle Drive Developments Ltd for comment.
Falmouth Town Council, unanimously backed the scheme at planning stage last September with one then councillor describing the project as 'excellent'.
The developer had pledged to set up a dowry for the long-term maintenance of the park, which will eventually be gifted to Falmouth Town Council for the benefit of the community.
The park was intended as a permanent asset for local residents, providing much-needed green space and recreational opportunities in a part of town long dominated by industrial use.
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