Lizard Peninsula · TR12 · Cornwall Council West
Cury new build — feasibility first, drawings second
A bespoke new build is the longest project we do, and the most rewarding. From plot appraisal through planning, building regulations and construction, you work with one team from the first sketch to the handover walk-round. On a Cury site, the brief always meets the place — Cury is a rural parish in the TR12 area, with farmsteads, lanes and scattered homes defining its built character, with a building stock that leans toward farmhouses and smallholdings.
Cury sits in Lizard Peninsula — just off the A394; covering TR12 from Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack outward.
- Cornwall AONB
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓Cornwall Council West sub-area regulars
- ✓Free first site visit, no obligation
- ✓Plain-English feasibility before any drawings
- ✓30+ years of Cornwall Council approvals
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Who this is for
In Cury the new build brief is almost always a private homeowner improving a forever home — so we lead with feasibility and long-term value, not show-home rhetoric.
Local watch-list
What usually catches new build projects out in Cury.
Watch #1
AONB landscape-impact testing on anything read in long views across Lizard Peninsula
Watch #2
Local Plan tests on isolated dwellings, plus lane access for plant and deliveries around Cury
Local proof — Most Cury new build clients we work with are second-time builders — they've seen the templated approach fail once already.
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Cury New Builds — local questions answered.
- Can I build a new house on my plot in Cury?
- Sometimes yes, sometimes no — and the honest answer needs a planning policy review of the specific site. Settlement boundary, designations, access and policy on isolated dwellings all weigh in. We give a frank read at first consultation rather than a sales pitch. In Cury specifically, we'd start by checking AONB landscape sensitivity before committing to a direction.
- Can you handle a self-build for me?
- Yes — from feasibility to handover. Many of our clients start as 'self-builders' on paper, then hand the actual build to us once they realise how much project management it takes.
- We live in the house. Can a new build in Cury be done while we stay put?
- Usually yes for single-storey and rear work, with a temporary kitchen or bathroom arrangement agreed before the start. Whole-house remodels and roof work in Cury are often easier if you move out for a few weeks. We set that expectation at feasibility stage rather than halfway through.
- What about utilities, drainage and access?
- All designed and applied for as part of the package — water, electric, off-mains drainage where mains isn't viable, and highways access agreement with Cornwall Council where required.
- What's a replacement dwelling and is mine eligible?
- If a habitable dwelling exists on the plot, you can often replace it — within volumetric and design constraints set by Cornwall's Local Plan. Derelict structures sometimes qualify, sometimes don't, depending on lawful use history.
- How long does the whole project take?
- Allow six to twelve months for design and approvals, then ten to fourteen months on site for a typical four-bedroom new build. Complex sites or long planning routes extend that.
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For projects in Cury and the TR12 area.
Scope
What we can draw, survey and build around Cury
Clients in Cury take different slices of this list, and that is deliberate.
Full design and build
One contract from first sketch to handover, with the same team on paper and on site.
Measured survey
An accurate record of what is actually there, which is where most avoidable cost is removed.
Construction and technical drawings
1:10 and 1:20 details for the parts of the job builders normally have to guess at.
Heritage and design statements
Written justification where designation makes the design case as important as the drawing.
Building regulation drawings
Full Plans sets with sections, construction notes and coordinated structural information.
Page purpose
Drawings only, or drawings through to handover in Cury?
Both routes are open on a TR12 project, and the honest answer depends on whether you already have a builder you trust. Plenty of Cury clients take the drawings, tender them locally, then come back to us for the build if the numbers do not stack up.
- Route one: feasibility, planning and a tender-ready technical pack
- Route two: the same pack, then the build under one contract
- Either way the survey and feasibility work is identical, so the decision can wait
- Fees quoted per stage against the TR12 scope, not as one opaque figure
Keep reading
Follow the chain: survey, drawings, build
Cury is covered from our Mullion run. Being a smaller place, the local detail matters more than the headline policy: lane access, neighbour proximity and what the immediate street already looks like.
Who this is for
Why this page exists, and who it is for
- Drawings, planning and building regulations are all produced in-house, so a new build enquiry does not get passed between firms.
- Designated-area work is routine here, so heritage and landscape statements are produced alongside the drawings rather than outsourced.
- Applications for Cury are handled through Cornwall Council, with Truro the nearest planning office we deal with regularly.
Planning rules change and every site is different. For the final position on your address, check with Cornwall Council as the local planning authority or the Planning Portal.
Local context
Why Cury is its own job.
Locally, open-countryside policy, access lanes, drainage and agricultural building history all need to be addressed before drawings go too far. For new build 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 Cury projects parish-up, not template-down — the TR12 context shapes the design from day one. Whether the project is on farmhouses in the centre or further out toward Mullion, the new build response is locally tuned.
Planning note
Cornwall's planning policy on new dwellings is among the most restrictive in England outside Greater London. The first conversation should be a planning conversation, not a design one.
What we focus on
New Builds considerations specific to Cury.
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Self-build CIL exemption requires the right documentation in the right order; missing a step costs five-figure sums.
02
Replacement dwellings have specific volumetric tests — getting the ratio between existing footprint and proposed floor area right is the difference between approval and refusal.
03
Off-grid services — package treatment plants, borehole supply, off-mains gas — are common on rural Cornish plots and need designing, not assuming.
04
Cornwall's housing policy increasingly favours principal residence and replacement dwelling schemes over open-market new builds in some parishes.
Our process
How a Cury new build project runs.
Step 1
Plot review
Site visit, planning history check, designation review and an honest feasibility verdict.
Step 2
Concept design
Sketches that test the plot in massing, orientation and approach before any drawings are committed.
Step 3
Planning
Pre-app, full planning, consultee management and condition discharge.
Step 4
Technical design and build prep
Building regs, structural design, services strategy and contractor procurement.
Step 5
Construction and handover
Build delivered under contract administration with regular client reviews.
Most bespoke new builds run eighteen to thirty months from instruction to keys, depending on site, planning route and build complexity.
Local fabric
Why Cury homeowners pick a local studio for new build.
Building stock
Across Cury (TR12) we work on farmhouses, converted barns, rural cottages, smallholdings, scattered modern homes. Each stock type drives a different new build response — farmhouses in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Cury sits in the parish of Cury, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a new build application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular new build jobs also running in Mullion, Gunwalloe, Predannack. Most Cury site visits get booked within the same week.
What does a first Cury 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 visitCury is part of Mullion
Cury sits inside the Mullion catchment — we cover both as one new build territory.
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Nearby places we cover
In short: take the drawings and run your own build in Cury, or keep it under one contract. Both routes start the same way. Parish-level consultation in Cury is worth planning for, not reacting to.
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