A controversial bid to pull down a well-known historic seafront building to make way for a new gig club site, a solar farm at a Cornish attraction and an early inquiry into the possibility of building over 40 new houses in Looe are among the latest planning applications submitted to Cornwall Council this week.

Every week more than 100 applications are validated by Cornwall Council and we have selected some of the more interesting proposals. All planning applications submitted to the council have to be validated and are available for inspection by the public. Anyone is also allowed to submit comments about the applications – whether in support or objection.

The majority of planning applications are decided by planning officers at Cornwall Council under delegated powers. However, some applications will go before elected councillors who sit on planning committees. No dates have been set for when the planning applications below will be determined. They can be viewed by going to the planning portal on Cornwall Council's website.

Pomery's Garage, St Mawes

Plans, which split opinion in the village of St Mawes last year, are back on the table after amendments were made to the design following public consultation and comments made by concerns locals.

Pomery's Ltd, a company set up by members of both the Roseland Gig Club and St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group, wants to knock down a historic former waterfront garage and create ground floor accommodation for the gig club to store its boats and provide limited accommodation. The first floor would provide meeting space for the community and Heritage Group with a museum and art gallery, while the upper floors would provide residential accommodation.

The building – originally constructed in the late 18th or early 19th century as a pilchard warehouse – was previously the home of artist and musician Brenda Pye, who bequeathed the freehold of the site to the gig club. She also created a 984-year lease in favour of the St Just and St Mawes Heritage Group, running from 2014. However, her bequest did not provide the means to update the building, which is in a poor state.

The applicants state that the cost of the new building can be covered by including flats on the upper floors, whose sale will generate funds to pay for the whole building. Initial plans caused controversy last year, with over 100 people signing a petition calling for the original application to be thrown out, stating "that in terms of scale, character distinctiveness, roofline and skyline it is not in keeping with our fishing village heritage".

Christine Williams, chair of St Mawes Heritage Group, said last October: "It was never going to be an easy building to renovate – it's condemned and there are many problems with it. It's not economically viable or sensible to renovate it. That building lasted for 150 years and now we'd like another building which will last another 150 years for the community."

Solar farm, Healey's Cyder Farm

A Perranporth-based company called Natural Generation has applied to construct a solar farms with associated infrastructure on grassland at Healey's Cyder Farm, Callestick, near Truro.

Permission is sought for a photovoltaic solar farm on 2.48 hectares of land at the attraction and drinks business beside the A3075, for a period of 40 years, with the land being returned to its former appearance after that time.

The Cornish company specialises in turbines and solar farms, operating a substantial fleet of over 500 wind turbines and 25MW of solar nationwide. Healey's Cyder Farm would use the renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint by 65% or a reduction of 175 tonnes of CO2.

BBC Gardeners World treehouse, Mount Edgcumbe Hospice, St Austell

Cornwall Hospice Care has applied for a treehouse, which will be constructed at the BBC Gardeners World Live exhibition at the Birmingham NEC this year, to be relocated to within the grounds of the hospice.

The timber structure on stilts, with two areas for shelter and viewing, will be formed as part of the 2023 Fontana Garden display at the exhibition. After the event finishes the entire Fontana display is to be gifted to Cornwall Hospice Care for relocation to Mount Edgcumbe Hospice.

The garden display is a lifetime's ambition of 91-year-old Derek Bishop, who has always wanted be part of a show garden. He has designed and constructed his own magnificent 14-acre garden in South East Cornwall and commissioned award-winning garden designer Kim Parish to design a garden that celebrates and reflects the diversity of planting opportunities within Cornwall.

Farm shop and café, Grampound Road

Property consultants Carter Jonas have been instructed to make an application for a farm shop, café, car parking area and farm storage building by the owners of Besowsa Farm, Grampound Road, between Truro and St Austell.

Visitors to the farm shop and café would be able to see the farm which has produced the food on offer, while "having minimal impact on the setting". The farm is home to a flock of around 200 breeding ewes.

Pre-application for 43 homes, Looe

A pre-application inquiry has been lodged for 43 houses on land opposite Salter Close in Looe.

New flats, Tintagel

An application has been made to demolish an existing building complex on land at Camelot Flats, Castle View, Tintagel, to be replaced by six two-bedroom flats with car parking, plus refuse and recycling bins enclosure.