Acorn’s companies and delivery record.

Why we are examining this record

This resident-led campaign opposes the proposed further development above French Furze because of concerns about drainage, safe access and neighbouring homes. We want any necessary infrastructure and safeguards to have identified owners, funding and enforceable delivery arrangements.

A problem at another site does not establish that this proposal will fail. We distinguish official findings, company statements and reported complaints, and welcome evidence that supports or challenges our concerns.

Company statement and official register

Which company would be responsible?

Acorn’s corporate statement, updated on 22 May 2025, says Acorn Property Group is a trading name used by separate limited companies, each responsible for its own liabilities. A group name does not itself establish a guarantee from the wider group. That makes the legal landowner, applicant and company delivering each obligation important. Read Acorn’s corporate statement.

Companies House records show Blackawton Developments Limited (14226610) and Blackawton Investments Limited (14229342) adopted those names on 21 November 2025. They had existed under different names since July 2022. Their registered control chain leads through APG companies to Acorn PG Holdings, which Acorn identifies within its group.

This is a documented corporate connection to the Blackawton name. It does not by itself establish ownership of the uphill field or identify the planning applicant. Separate companies and project finance are not, by themselves, evidence of wrongdoing.

Green Park, Chillington / Drainage and construction

Drainage objections, later complaints and the outcome

South Hams initially refused two alternative reserved-matters schemes at Green Park. On 1 September 2021, the Planning Inspector allowed both appeals, for 63 and 62 homes. Drainage was the main issue. The flood authority withdrew its objection after further information, and the Inspector accepted the proposed drainage subject to conditions. Official appeal decision, paragraphs 5–25 and 32–39.

On 30 July 2024, local reporting described residents’ flooding and disruption complaints. It quoted Acorn attributing a construction delay to a natural spring requiring a design review. These are reported complaints and a company explanation, not a published finding that Acorn caused flooding. Report including Acorn’s response.

Acorn’s 30 June 2026 update describes occupied homes at Green Park. It does not independently establish that every earlier drainage complaint was resolved, but the 2024 description of a stalled site should not be presented as its current position. Acorn’s later update.

The question for Blackawton: what seasonal groundwater investigations, spring mapping, temporary drainage controls and commissioning evidence support this proposal?

Constantine Bay / Official insolvency filings

A project company’s liquidation and residents’ responsibilities

RST Constantine Bay Homes Limited (08537543) entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 24 October 2024. Its October 2024 statement listed a £1,580,590.04 Cornwall Council section 106 claim. The liquidators’ report dated 3 November 2025 said no funds were then available for creditor returns. These are company-specific, dated records; the listed claim is not presented here as an adjudicated debt or a verified outstanding balance in October 2026.

The same report says common land transferred in June 2025 to a management company intended for residents’ control, with transfer costs borne directly by residents. Official insolvency record; statement of affairs and November 2025 progress report (report pages 7–8).

December 2024 reporting links the development to Acorn Blue and includes Acorn’s response disputing the council levy and referring to increased costs. That explanation is attributed, not independently established. The reported £1.2 million figure is not interchangeable with the £1.58 million claim listed in the filing. Report including Acorn and council responses.

The question for Blackawton: what funding, adoption and enforceable arrangements protect residents from unfinished or unfunded infrastructure if the delivery company cannot complete?

Bonvilston / Cottrell Gardens / Official filings and council records

Insolvency, creditor claims and a material recovery

The administrators’ proposals identify Bonvilston Vale Limited (09252666) as an Acorn project company. It entered administration on 10 October 2023 and was dissolved on 10 January 2026. The final report recorded £2,905,236.73 in unsecured claims received and insufficient realisations for an unsecured dividend. These are recorded claims, not a verified total of creditors’ final losses. The director’s explanation referred to a landowner dispute, delay and cash-flow pressures.

Official insolvency timeline; company record and dissolution date; administrators’ proposals, 29 November 2023, pages 6–8; final report, 8 October 2025, pages 6–8.

The final administration report described the receivers as having completed phase one and negotiating sale of phase two. February 2026 sales material claims highway and off-site wastewater works had been delivered, while identifying some remaining works. These are sales particulars, not independent completion certificates. The condition of every asset and a completed phase-two sale have not been verified. Savills brochure, February 2026, pages 3–4 and 6–7.

The question for Blackawton: who retains responsibility, land rights and funding after a sale, pause or insolvency? Welsh planning arrangements do not automatically apply to an English application.

Saxonvale, Frome / Judgment and later council update

A permission quashed on planning-policy grounds

The High Court quashed the Saxonvale outline permission on 12 October 2023 because of the council’s interpretation of planning policy. Acorn was an interested party; this was not a finding of misconduct by Acorn. Approved judgment: Moore v Somerset Council.

Somerset Council’s 23 September 2026 account records that Acorn withdrew after being selected in July 2024, citing lack of local support, and that Newcore had become preferred bidder. Saxonvale should not be described as a current Acorn proposal. Council’s later timeline.

The safeguards we want explained

1. Name the landowner, applicant, delivery company and infrastructure owners, with company numbers.
2. Publish independently checked drainage and transport evidence for this particular proposal.
3. Identify what must be operational before connections or occupation, and how that sequence would be secured.
4. Explain maintenance, funding and responsibility after sale, delay or project-company insolvency.
5. State the proposed legal protections and how the planning authority will assess their enforceability.

These records do not establish deliberate avoidance of obligations, wider-group insolvency or grounds for automatic refusal at Blackawton. The practical question is how delivery would be secured here. We welcome corrections, missing documents and Acorn’s written response.

Questions for Acorn and the planning authority · How we assess evidence and corrections