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Penpont House Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ

E1/2008/01789Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 4 November 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Works to trees covered by tree preservation order namely lift crown to 5m and light pruning of large, mature beech tree

Received
12 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Altarnun
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Penpont House Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Altarnun conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the PL15 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Cornwall Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PL15 7SJ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Altarnun

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2008
Consultation expiry
23 October 2008
Consultation start
7 October 2008
Consultation end
23 October 2008
Target decision date
3 October 2008
Application expires
23 October 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Publicity

Site notice end
23 October 2008

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Altarnun
  • Listed building: Grade II: HomeleighOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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