Mid Cornwall · PL26
Foxhole full build — a Mid Cornwall studio
Once drawings are approved, the build is the bit that decides whether you get the home you imagined or a frustrating compromise. We deliver projects on a single contract — design, drawings, approvals and construction — so the team that drew it is the team that builds it. In Foxhole, that work is shaped by the place itself — Foxhole is a china-clay village in the PL26 area, with workers housing, industrial landscape and practical family homes forming the local pattern, with a building stock that leans toward bungalows and former industrial plots.
Foxhole sits in Mid Cornwall — covering PL26 from St Austell, Bugle, St Dennis outward.
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ rural policy area experience built into the fee
- ✓ Cornwall Council regulars across every sub-area
- ✓ Local to Mid Cornwall — not a national franchise
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
Who this is for
Foxhole runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every full build package enquiry from the use-class up.
Local watch-list
What usually catches full build package projects out in Foxhole.
Watch #1
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Local proof — Recent full build package enquiries from Foxhole have clustered around bungalows — we know the route through Cornwall Council on these.
Get a free feasibility viewFAQs
Foxhole Full Build — local questions answered.
- Fixed price or open book?
- Both. Fixed price suits well-defined projects with clear specs; open book suits renovations and listed work where the unknowns only reveal themselves once you start opening things up. We'll recommend the right route. In Foxhole specifically, we'd start by checking the latest parish-level planning history before committing to a direction.
- What guarantees and aftercare do you offer?
- Standard twelve-month defects period, plus product and workmanship warranties on relevant elements. We're a Cornish business — you'll still find us in the same studio in five years' time.
- Do you handle the whole project from drawing to finish?
- Yes — that's the model. One contract from feasibility to handover, with design, regs and build all under our roof. No coordination gap between designer and contractor.
- Are you insured?
- Public liability, employer's liability and contractor's all-risks cover are in place for every project, with certificates available before contract signing.
- Can you build from someone else's drawings?
- Yes, with a review. We'll happily build from approved drawings produced elsewhere, after a technical review to confirm the design holds up at construction stage.
Local context
Why Foxhole is its own job.
The planning backdrop in Mid Cornwall is real, not abstract: ground conditions, drainage, former industrial land and simple robust materials tend to shape the design and technical brief. For full build package specifically, Cornwall Council's Local Plan applies tighter tests to isolated rural dwellings here, so design rationale and policy fit need to be set out clearly from the outset. Treat the PL26 parish brief as the design brief and the Foxhole application has somewhere to land. Whether the project is on bungalows in the centre or further out toward St Austell, the full build package response is locally tuned.
Planning note
Build delivery doesn't need planning, but planning conditions often dictate site setup, materials and working hours — we read every condition and build the programme around them.
What we focus on
Full Build considerations specific to Foxhole.
01
Single-contract delivery removes the gap between architect's intent and builder's interpretation — fewer change orders, less variation cost.
02
Cornish trades are a tight community; using contractors who've worked together before saves weeks on programme and arguments on site.
03
Off-grid sites need their own water, drainage and power solutions designed and procured rather than assumed.
04
Weather windows on Cornish coastal sites are short — getting the building watertight before autumn matters more here than in central England.
Our process
How a Foxhole full build package project runs.
Step 1
Pre-construction
Programme, procurement, contractor briefing and site setup.
Step 2
Substructure
Foundations, drainage, ground beams — the unglamorous bit that decides everything later.
Step 3
Superstructure
Frame, roof, glazing — getting the building watertight.
Step 4
First and second fix
Services, plaster, joinery, kitchens and bathrooms.
Step 5
Snag and handover
Final inspection, building control sign-off, handover pack and aftercare.
Full builds run from twelve weeks for small extensions to eighteen months for new build family homes.
Local fabric
Choosing a full build package team that actually knows PL26.
Building stock
Across Foxhole (PL26) we work on workers cottages, terraced houses, post-war estates, bungalows, former industrial plots. Each stock type drives a different full build package response — bungalows in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Foxhole sits in the parish of Foxhole, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a full build package application.
Coverage
We cover PL26 from our studio, with regular full build package jobs also running in St Austell, Bugle, St Dennis. Most Foxhole site visits get booked within the same week.
What does a first Foxhole consultation cost?
Nothing. We come to the property, walk the site, talk through what works on a PL26 plot and follow up with a written feasibility note inside a week — no obligation either way.
Request a free visitFoxhole is part of St Austell
Foxhole sits inside the St Austell catchment — we cover both as one full build package territory.
See Full Build in St Austell →Other services in Foxhole
Nearby places we cover
The full build package jobs we're proudest of in Foxhole are the ones where the planning route was clear before a single elevation was drawn.