Block Management in Camborne
A World Heritage mining landscape over the town centre, and no soakaways over old workings.
We provide block, estate and leasehold management in Camborne for residents' management companies, right to manage companies and freeholders. All three of the town's conservation areas sit inside the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, a material constraint on external alteration. Drainage is the other test: the council's critical drainage area advises against infiltration because of mine workings and contaminated land.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Camborne
Check World Heritage Constraints Before Specifying
All three conservation areas, including the 61.9 hectare town centre, sit inside the World Heritage Site. For a block here we would confirm the constraint on external alteration and obtain any consents before a Section 20 specification goes out.
Major works and Section 20Rule Out Soakaways in Drainage Works
The Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth critical drainage area says infiltration is not preferred because of mine workings and contaminated land. We would brief any drainage contractor on that before procurement, so a soakaway is not the first proposal.
Maintenance and repairsInsure Flats over Shops Correctly
Camborne Trelowarren holds 107 of the town's 119 flats over commercial premises. For a block above shops we would check that the insurance placement reflects the commercial occupation below and set the service charge apportionment to match.
InsuranceManaging a Block in Camborne at a Glance
- Local authority
- Cornwall Council
- Authority type
- Unitary
- Building control
- Cornwall Council Building Control
- County
- Cornwall
- Fire and rescue service
- Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- South West Water
- From our Plymouth office
- About 53 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in Camborne to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
The World Heritage Site Covers the Town Centre Itself
Three areas in the parish: the town centre at 61.9 hectares with a status date of 7 September 2004, and Tuckingmill and South Roskear, both dating from March 1995. Historic England holds 117 entries in the parish, one grade I, the church of St Martin and St Meriadocus, and twelve grade II star. Nine of those twelve are a single complex, King Edward Mine: the count house, assay office, dressing plant, stamps and winding engine houses, calciner, dry house, survey office and timber-cutting building. External works to a block in any of the three areas need the designation and any listing confirmed first.
All three of Camborne's conservation areas sit inside the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, in the Camborne and Redruth Mining District area. 511 hectares of the site, about 38 per cent of the parish, falls within Camborne. That is a material planning constraint on external alteration and it applies to the town centre, not to some outlying fringe.
Flats over Shops Cluster in Camborne Trelowarren
At the 2021 Census 1,366 of the 8,606 households across the three Camborne divisions were flats, 15.9 per cent. Of these, 981 were purpose-built, 170 in a converted or shared house, 96 in another converted building and 119 over commercial premises. Camborne Trelowarren alone holds 107 of those 119 commercial-building flats, so flats over shops are concentrated in one part of the town. For a block above shops, the insurance needs to reflect the commercial occupation below and the service charge apportionment needs to match.
Mine Workings, Not Rivers, Shape Camborne Drainage
No Environment Agency flood warning area covers Camborne at all. The town sits only inside the wide West Cornwall Rivers alert area. What governs here instead is the council's critical drainage area for Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth. It identifies Camborne and Pool as priority communities with their own surface water management plan. It also carries a warning specific to mining country: infiltration drainage is not the preferred option in this catchment because of mine workings and contaminated land. Clean surface water entering mine systems can contribute to contaminated water polluting downstream watercourses. On a block here that rules out the soakaway a drainage consultant would reach for first.
Cornwall Local Plan Applies, with No Neighbourhood Plan Made
Decided under the Cornwall Local Plan. A neighbourhood plan area was designated on 18 November 2019 but no plan has been made and no referendum held. No Article 4 direction covers the town; the only intersection with the parish is a tenth of a hectare at Reskajeage Downs on the far coastal tip. Works to a block are therefore judged against the Cornwall Local Plan alone.
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Camborne Questions
Is a Camborne Block at Risk from River Flooding?
No Environment Agency flood warning area covers Camborne; the town sits only inside the wide West Cornwall Rivers alert area. The live issue is surface water. Camborne and Pool are priority communities in the council's critical drainage area, with their own surface water management plan, and infiltration drainage is not preferred because of mine workings and contaminated land.
Does the World Heritage Site Affect a Block in the Town Centre?
It can. 511 hectares of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, about 38 per cent of the parish, falls within Camborne, and all three conservation areas, the town centre included, sit inside it. That is a material planning constraint on external alteration, so it should be checked before works are specified.
Is There a Camborne Neighbourhood Plan That Would Affect Our Works?
Not yet. A neighbourhood plan area was designated on 18 November 2019, but no plan has been made and no referendum held, so decisions are taken under the Cornwall Local Plan. No Article 4 direction covers the town; the only intersection with the parish is a tenth of a hectare at Reskajeage Downs on the far coastal tip.
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