Lizard Peninsula · TR12
Goonhilly full build package — feasibility first, drawings second
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. Anchor any Goonhilly full build package in the local fabric and the rest follows — Goonhilly is a moorland-edge hamlet in the TR12 area, where exposed weather, narrow lanes and rural character set the brief, with a building stock that leans toward stone cottages and converted barns.
Goonhilly sits in Lizard Peninsula — covering TR12 from St Keverne, Truro, St Austell outward.
- Cornwall AONB
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ Free first site visit, no obligation
- ✓ Plain-English feasibility before any drawings
- ✓ 30+ years of Cornwall Council approvals
- ✓ AONB experience built into the fee
Who this is for
Goonhilly 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
Goonhilly-specific issues we screen on the first visit.
Watch #1
AONB landscape-impact scrutiny on visible elevations
Watch #2
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Local proof — Recent full build package enquiries from Goonhilly have clustered around stone cottages — we know the route through Cornwall Council on these.
Get a free feasibility viewFAQs
Goonhilly 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 Goonhilly specifically, we'd start by checking AONB landscape sensitivity before committing to a direction.
- 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.
- How do you handle changes during the build?
- Weekly client meetings, written change requests, costed and signed before work proceeds. No surprise invoices.
- 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 Goonhilly is its own job.
Locally, rural policy, landscape impact and services such as drainage are usually the key constraints, especially outside settlement boundaries. For full build package specifically, the surrounding landscape falls inside the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so massing, height and landscape impact carry extra weight in any planning decision; 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. Which is why we scope Goonhilly projects parish-up, not template-down — the TR12 context shapes the design from day one. Whether the project is on stone cottages in the centre or further out toward St Keverne, 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 Goonhilly.
01
Cornish trades are a tight community; using contractors who've worked together before saves weeks on programme and arguments on site.
02
Off-grid sites need their own water, drainage and power solutions designed and procured rather than assumed.
03
Material lead times to Cornwall are longer than the M5 corridor; sequencing orders early protects the build programme.
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 Goonhilly 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
Why Goonhilly homeowners pick a local studio for full build package.
Building stock
Across Goonhilly (TR12) we work on stone cottages, farm buildings, isolated houses, converted barns, small rural infill. Each stock type drives a different full build package response — stone cottages in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Goonhilly sits in the parish of Goonhilly, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a full build package application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular full build package jobs also running in St Keverne, Truro, St Austell. Most Goonhilly site visits get booked within the same week.
What does a first Goonhilly consultation cost?
Nothing. We come to the property, walk the site, talk through what works on a TR12 plot and follow up with a written feasibility note inside a week — no obligation either way.
Request a free visitGoonhilly is part of St Keverne
Goonhilly sits inside the St Keverne catchment — we cover both as one full build package territory.
See Full Build in St Keverne →Other services in Goonhilly
Nearby places we cover
A full build package in Goonhilly stands or falls on how well it reads the street — we treat that as the design brief, not an afterthought.