LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.

Cornwall Council

GSS E06000052 · Portal: idox (broken) · council register

Applications we hold
2,082
2026-01-14 – 2026-09-04
Refusal rate (our sample)
8.6%
180 of 2,082 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
33.09%
361 allowed of 1,328 appeals
Local plan age
adoption date not published
This authority is overturned on appeal in 33.09% of decided appeals. A high overturn rate is a material consideration when weighing appeal against resubmission — but check the sample size and read comparable decisions first.

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 1,256 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 42 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

54%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
31%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
15%
after the target
38
average days
from valid to decision

This authority reliably determines within the statutory target. If yours is drifting past it, that is unusual here and worth querying.

Which day decisions land

Mon
16.1%
Tue
21.6%
Wed
20.1%
Thu
20.1%
Fri
22.1%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Outline 477 16% 40%
Trees 223 5% 18%
Amendment 208 13% 28%
Full 141 20% 40%
Conditions 62 18% 16%
Other 23 9% 17%
Heritage 20 15% 15%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Agents most active here

Agent / firmApplications
Cornwall Planning Group42
Collaborative Planning33
Montagu Town Planning Ltd26
Drawfun Ltd26
Laurence Associates25
Influence Planning - D Mitchell18
JL Planning16
NHB Architectural Services Ltd13

Development plan

Cornwall Local Plan 2016
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2016-01-01–2030-01-01
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Charnwood (2728) Barnet (2422) Leeds (2328) Dorset (2249) Westminster (2249) Buckinghamshire (2195) BCP (2150) Cornwall (2082) Bromley (2076) Newcastle upon Tyne (2058) Bradford (1958) Gateshead Council (1872) Bath (1852) Ealing (1763) Bristol (1720) Croydon (1634) Brent (1621) Wandsworth (1603) Islington (1504) Enfield (1499) Burnley (1417) Hounslow (1381) Birmingham (1377) Durham (1348)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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