Block Management in St Just
An Article 4 so wide that painting a never-painted exterior needs permission.
St Just sits inside the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. That setting runs through the block, estate and leasehold management we offer its RMCs, RTM companies and freeholders. A 1979 Article 4 direction removes permitted development for re-roofing and windows in non-traditional materials and for painting unpainted exteriors. All four radon squares are class 6, while no flood zone or warning area touches the built-up area.
What We Would Put First for a Block in St Just
Check the Direction Before Cyclical Works
The 1979 direction removes permitted development for re-roofing in non-traditional materials, non-traditional windows or doors, and painting previously unpainted exteriors. We would obtain the necessary permissions before specifying any redecoration or replacement programme.
ConsentsTest Radon in Every Communal Space
All four one-kilometre squares are class 6, covering 100 per cent of the town, and the published advice is that measurement is advised. We would schedule communal-area radon testing for each block and file every result.
ComplianceSpecify Works for a World Heritage Setting
St Just lies in the St Just Mining District, area A1 of the World Heritage Site, and the Miners' Chapel is its only Grade II* building. For major works we would build that context into the specification and the Section 20 timetable.
Major works and Section 20Put the Clean Flood Position on File
None of the built-up area is in flood zone 2 or 3, and the three nearby Environment Agency areas overlap it at zero area. We would record that in the block's file and present it to insurers at renewal.
InsuranceManaging a Block in St Just 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 71 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in St Just 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.
A 1979 Direction Controls Windows, Roofs and Paint
An Article 4 direction covers St Just, sealed on 30 March 1979 and approved by the Secretary of State on 13 August 1979, and its scope is unusually wide. It removes permitted development for extensions including dormers and porches, garages and stables, ancillary buildings over two metres high or eight cubic metres, walls, fences and gates, and new highway access. It also covers painting previously unpainted exteriors, re-roofing in non-traditional materials, and replacing windows or doors with non-traditional materials or designs. Painting an exterior that has never been painted needs permission here. The direction also records that commercial properties and flats do not enjoy permitted development rights in any event. For a block, any redecoration, re-roofing or window replacement programme should have its permissions in place before it is specified.
Few Town Households Live in Purpose-Built Flats
At the 2021 Census the Land's End division, which contains the whole of the St Just built-up area, held 3,214 households. Of these, 151 were flats in purpose-built blocks, 50 in a converted or shared house, 26 in another converted building and 22 over commercial premises. The division is three and a half times the size of the town, sweeping in Sennen, St Buryan and Sancreed. The seven census output areas inside the built-up area hold 913 households, 28 per cent of the division. Of these, 80 are in purpose-built blocks, 8.76 per cent, nearly double the division rate. A further 23 are in a converted or shared house, 15 in another converted building and 12 over commercial premises. The town has no caravan or temporary accommodation at all, against 46 such households in its division. Even a small block carries the full set of compliance duties, from fire risk assessment to buildings insurance.
No Flood Zone or Warning Area Touches the Town
None of the built-up area falls in flood zone 3 or zone 2, and no Environment Agency flood warning or alert area covers it. Only three areas lie within eight kilometres, the West Cornwall Rivers alert and two north Cornwall coast areas, from Land's End to Chapel Porth among them. None of the three overlaps the town. St Just is not a priority community in the council's flood risk management strategy either. The town sits on the granite plateau above the flood system entirely. For a block here the river and tidal flood question is closed, and that clean position can be put on file for insurers.
Inside the World Heritage Mining Landscape, Area A1
One area covering the town, designated on 5 October 1972 and amended on 26 June 2002. The council's own conservation area statement says instead that it was designated by the county planning authority in March 1972, so two council sources disagree on the date. The adjoining Nancherrow and Tregeseal area, designated in December 1995, is separate and not the town centre. An appraisal is registered against the town area, but it cannot currently be read online. For a block in the area, consent for external works is best confirmed with Cornwall Council before a major works specification is fixed.
21 entries on the National Heritage List fall inside the built-up area, none Grade I and one Grade II*. That entry is the St Just Miners' Chapel with its attached former vestry, piers and railings. A block in a listed building needs listed building consent for works that affect its character, and that consent should be in place before the works are specified.
The town sits inside the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, in the St Just Mining District, which is area A1 on the official site. For a block, that setting should be built into any major works specification and timetable.
All Four Squares Sit in the Top Radon Band
All four one-kilometre squares over the built-up area are class 6, the top band, covering 100 per cent of the town. There, maximum radon potential is greater than 30 per cent of homes at or above the action level, and radon measurement is advised. This is the Penwith granite. Every block here should have radon measured in ground floor flats and communal areas, with each result filed on the compliance record.
A 2022 Neighbourhood Plan and No Site Allocations
Decided under the Cornwall Local Plan strategic policies for 2010 to 2030, adopted on 22 November 2016. The St Just-in-Penwith Neighbourhood Development Plan was made on 7 February 2022. Its referendum on 13 January 2022 was carried by 950 votes to 225, 79.8 per cent in favour on a 31.78 per cent turnout. St Just sits in the West Penwith community network area. The council's site allocations document, adopted on 26 November 2019, covers ten towns and two eco-communities across Cornwall, and St Just is not among them, so no site allocations apply here. Cornwall Council has published no Article 4 records to the national register, though its own dataset lists the St Just direction. Consents for alterations to a block are tested against the local plan, the neighbourhood plan and that direction together.
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St Just Questions
What Does the St Just Article 4 Direction Cover?
It was sealed on 30 March 1979 and approved on 13 August 1979. It removes permitted development for extensions including dormers and porches, garages and stables, larger ancillary buildings, walls, fences and gates, and new highway access. It also covers painting unpainted exteriors, re-roofing in non-traditional materials and non-traditional windows or doors. It records that flats do not enjoy permitted development rights in any event.
Is the Coastline Near St Just Being Defended?
No. The shoreline management plan from Rame Head to Hartland Point places this stretch in a single policy unit named undefended cliffs, running for 56.59 kilometres. Its policy is no active intervention across all three epochs. There is no named, dated or costed scheme, which is consistent with that policy.
Why Do Census Figures for St Just Look So Different?
The published Land's End division is three and a half times the size of the town and includes Sennen, St Buryan and Sancreed. The seven output areas inside the built-up area hold 913 households, 80 of them in purpose-built blocks, 8.76 per cent. A further 23 are in a converted or shared house, 15 in another converted building and 12 over commercial premises.
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