The majority of 21 homes built as the final part of the development of a World Heritage Site would be to rent on the open market.

Treveth, Cornwall Council’s arm’s length building company, has applied for a certificate of lawfulness to build 21 homes which if approved would complete the Perran Foundry development at Perranarworthal, between Truro and Falmouth.

It is the final parcel requiring completion of the wider Perran Foundry site, which originally received planning permission for a restoration and redevelopment scheme almost 15 years ago.

A planning statement says: “The completion of this important regeneration project would make a modest but significant contribution to meeting local housing needs.

“Once completed, the vast majority of the units will be available to rent on the open market – significantly boosting the number of units for rent available locally for the resident community to access.

“All of the units will be provided with a restriction to prevent their use as anything other than a primary residence as per Treveth’s policies and the lettings strategy will prioritise occupation by local people.”

Permission for the redevelopment of Perran Foundry was granted in 2008. In 2012, the scheme was amended to substitute town houses for apartment block at the north east of the site.

An alternative permission was granted in late 2013 to remodel the riverside element of the scheme and this was subsequently varied in 2019. It is this 2019 permission that Treveth would like to complete.

For more details see planning application PA24/09035. https://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=SNKGQNFGIXL00 The site adjoins the River Kennall and is less than 0.5 hectares in size. It lies within the Perranarworthal Conservation Area and the Devoran and Perran Foundry World Heritage Site and there are listed buildings within the wider Perran Foundry site.

The subject site is awaiting development completion following the permissions that have been granted at Perran Foundry over the relatively recent past.