Developers behind new houses being built near Turnpike in Helston are hoping to extend their work with up to eight extra properties.

Pre-application advice has been sought from Cornwall Council over the construction of a new housing development and associated works in Falmouth Road.

It would involve the demolition of two neighbouring properties currently known as Ty Gwyn and Woodspring.

The property currently known as Ty Gwyn (Image: Cornwall Planning Group/Cornwall Council) A proposed site plan submitted alongside the pre-application advice form indicates a suggested eight properties to be built on the land.

Four of these would face Falmouth Road, as the two existing properties currently sit, while the other four would be build on land behind them.


A proposed site plan for the work (Image: Cornwall Planning Group/Cornwall Council)

A new road would be built to access the rear four properties, linking with access already created for the new Rinsey Drive development of 22 houses.

The latest request has been submitted by the Cornwall Planning Group at Hayle, on behalf of Boss Property Group based in Oxford.

(Image: Cornwall Planning Group/Cornwall Council) They are the same companies behind Rinsey Drive and also the existing construction work taking place on the adjoining site, on what used to be the property Fearnmore.

This has since been knocked down and in its place two four-bedroom detached houses have been built, with planning permission also granted for a further three houses at the back of the site.

A computer generated image of what the properties at the back could look like (Image: Cornwall Planning Group/Cornwall Council) The site plan for the latest proposal shows that each of the eight houses would come with a garage and garden, with the road-facing properties also benefitting from a large driveway to turn in before entering onto the main road.

Currently this is still just a request for advice, however. Such requests can be made to gauge the opinion of a Cornwall Council planning officer over the likelihood of such a planning application being successful, although the officer’s response is not binding.

The site of the property Woodspring could also be built on (Image: Cornwall Planning Group/Cornwall Council) Based on the advice given, the applicant can then decide whether to make any changes to the proposal before submitting a formal planning application.

Documents accompanying the pre-application advice form can be found on Cornwall Council’s planning portal via its website, under reference PA24/01183/PREAPP.