By Richard Whitehouse - Local Democracy Reporter

A new McDonald's restaurant, town centre improvements and new homes are among the latest planning applications submitted to Cornwall Council. Dozens of applications are made every week for everything from changing the use of a building to major housing developments.

All planning applications submitted to the council have to be validated and are available for inspection by the public. Anyone is also allowed to submit comments about the applications – whether in support or objection.

The majority of planning applications are decided by planning officers at Cornwall Council under delegated powers. However, some applications will go before elected councillors who sit on planning committees.

No dates have been set for when the planning applications below will be determined. They can be viewed by going to the planning portal on Cornwall Council's website at www.cornwall.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/

The three applications below are among the many which have been validated by the council in the last week.

Drive-thru restaurant, coffee shop and commercial units

A full planning application has been submitted for the commercial developments which form part of a wider scheme to build hundreds of new homes on the outskirts of Liskeard.

Willton Homes West has applied to build a drive-thru restaurant, a drive-thru coffee shop, a building supplies merchant and two light industrial start-up units at the site in Tencreek Farm, Liskeard.

A design and access statement submitted with the plans include a photograph of a McDonald's restaurant to indicate the style of the drive-thru restaurant and plans for the drive-thru coffee shop appear similar in style to Costa outlets.

To find out more about the proposals and to submit comments search for application number PA22/06825.

Town centre improvements for Helston

Helston Town Council has submitted a planning application for a number of works which form part of plans to create Helston Cultural Quarter. This will create a newly designated area in the town centre.

The scheme will aim to create a new pedestrian route linking the Guildhall, Museum of Cornish Life, Cornubian Arts and Science Trust and Wendron Street Car Park. In addition, there will be new toilets created, new storage spaces and facilities such as bike racks.

It is part of a wider programme of improvements planned for Helston Town Centre which is subject of a £17million bid for funding from the Government's Levelling Up fund.

A separate listed building consent application has also been submitted for the scheme. For more information about the planning application search for PA22/06238.

Three new homes for hamlet location

An outline planning application has been submitted to build up to three homes on land in Crowntown, near Helston. Mr and Mrs Bickford-Smith are the applicants who want to build the properties on a site next to the B3303.

A design and access statement submitted with the plans says that the development should be considered as infill as there are developments on either side of the site.

It states: "The proposal of up to three dwellings would be at a scale appropriate to its size and role of Crowntown, by virtue of the site being adjacent to existing development and contained with longstanding and enclosing boundary features. Hence the proposed development fills a gap in an otherwise continuous built-up frontage that does not physically extend into the open countryside. It is therefore considered to be an appropriate candidate for rounding off or infill development."

To find out more information about the proposals or to submit comments search for PA22/06932.