PL13 1BB Cornwall

Streets

• Barbican Hill, Looe: 6 addresses

Council tax

What each band costs in Cornwall in 2026-27: Band D £2,591 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (26% of about 1,450 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, LOOE (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 28.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• THE FISHERMAN'S ARMS, grade II*
• THE GOLDEN GUINEA RESTAURANT, grade II*
• THE OLD GUILDHALL (NOW MUSEUM), grade II*
• YE OLD COTTAGE YE OLDE COTTAGE, grade II*
• ARCH HOUSE, grade II
• CHURCH HOUSE, grade II
• CHYMOR SUN COTTAGE, grade II
• CLIFFORD COTTAGE, grade II
• DORILL COTTAGE QUAY WAY SAM SUPPLIES, grade II
• FENWICK'S OATS, grade II
• GRAND PAS COTTAGE, grade II
• LITTLE GANNET, grade II
• MARKET COTTAGE, grade II
• PETROC YE OLD FISHERMAN'S COTTAGE, grade II
• PREMISES OF AE RUDDY AND SON, grade II
• ROCK A BYE COTTAGE, grade II
• SHOP PREMISES OCCUPIED BY DOWLING AND BAY, grade II
• SMUGGLER'S HOTEL SMUGGLER'S RESTAURANT, grade II
• SURCOUF HOTEL AND RESTAURANT SURFCOAT HOTEL AND RESTAURANT, grade II
• THE COTTAGE, grade II
• THE FLOWER POT THE WATER RAIL, grade II
• THE GAFF, grade II
• THE LEATHER WORKSHOP, grade II
• THE OLD HOUSE, grade II
• THE OLD SALUTATION INN, grade II
• THE OLD VICARAGE, grade II
• TOLVA TUDOR COTTAGE, grade II
• WORKSHOP PREMISES OF H HOCKING AND SONS, grade II

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.