Cornwall Council receives dozens of planning applications every week seeking permission for everything from cutting down trees to building new housing estates.

All applications are submitted to the council and are then validated before being published by the council on its planning portal.

Here you can find details of all planning applications which have been submitted or decided by the council. For those applications yet to be decided members of the public can also submit their comments about the proposals – whether you are in support or opposition.

We have picked out some of the more interesting applications from more than 100 which have been validated by the council in the last week.

New homes for Charlestown

A planning application has been submitted for two detached homes to be built on land off Charlestown Road in Charlestown. Under the plans the two homes would each have four double bedrooms, two of which would be en-suite.

The application has come from local housebuilder J J Jones and Sons Ltd and a design and access statement explains that the land is currently owned by housing developer Wainhomes. The documents explain that the application for two homes in Charlestown Road is linked with another application to build four homes on land in Church Road, Charlestown.

It explains that Wainhomes owns various parcels of land around Charlestown and these would be offered to the parish council for £1 as part of a legal agreement with the applications.

The design and access statement says that the family homes planned for Charlestown Road would be for primary occupancy only – so could not be used as second homes. For more information and to comment on the application search for PA22/02533.

Office to be converted into church

A church has applied for permission to convert a former office building into a new place of worship/church. New Life Church in Bodmin, also known as New Life Christian Fellowship, has submitted the application for the building in Normandy Way in Bodmin.

The church, which was founded in 1974, previously had its own building in Chapel Lane in the town but a design and access statement explains that it had “outlived its usefulness”.

It explains: “Its small size and the steep gradient of Chapel Lane made access challenging, along with the limited space and unconventional building configuration, which severely restricted the church’s other activities and operation of services to the community. So a different building in Bodmin was deemed necessary.”

Planning permission was granted for the church’s former home to be converted in 2017 and it was sold to a developer in 2020 before being converted into two new homes. New Life Church was unable to secure a new home before having to vacate Chapel Lane and has since then been renting halls and rooms around Bodmin to continue its activities.

Now it wants to convert an office building which was previously used by Microtest but has been vacant since 2020. The church wants to use the building for its worship meetings as well as counselling services; sports and activities for young people and a foodbank.

The planning application seeks to make internal changes to the building to make it more accessible for users. To find out more or comment on the plans search for application number PA22/03606.

New classrooms for secondary school

Brannel School in St Stephen has applied for planning permission to build a new five-classroom block so that it can increase its capacity. The school says that the new development would allow it to have an extra 150 students.

As well as the new classroom block the school is proposing a temporary structure which would provide a gym for the school. As the new block will not be completed until the middle of the 2022/23 school year the school will be using the current gym for teaching.

The temporary gym would be situated on tennis courts at the school and would be in place for 12 months, until the new classrooms are complete and operational.

Under the plans the new classroom block would be a single storey building on the north corner of the site next to the Jonathan Fox sports building and looking out over the school’s AstroTurf pitch.

The school has been asked by Cornwall Council to increase its capacity from 750 students to 900 students from September 2022. The application states that the school is already operating at 100 over its capacity.

A consultation undertaken by the school found that more than 93% of people were in support of the proposed expansion of the school. And 90% of respondents felt it would be good for young people in the local community.

For more information about the planning application or to comment on the plans search for application number PA22/04048.