Hawkins Motors Gwindra Road St Stephen St Austell Cornwall PL26 7LB
Approved on 17 December 2012
Council decision: No objections (OHL/OHE/HG apps)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of hedgerow in order to relocate the entrance to Hawkins Motors van sales site from a dangerous corner with limited visibility to a safer position offering a clear view of the road in both directions.
- Received
- 16 November 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- St Stephen
- ReceivedReceived16 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Dec
Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Hawkins Motors Gwindra Road St Stephen St Austell Cornwall PL26 7LB. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,254 applications in total for the PL26 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
- PL26 7LB
- Application type
- Hedgerow Removal application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St. Stephen-in-Brannel
- District
- 100041160257
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 November 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2012
- Consultation start
- 27 November 2012
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2012
- Target decision date
- 21 December 2012
- Permission expires
- 17 December 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- St Piran House Truro Technology Park Heron Way Newham Truro Cornwall TR1 2XN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-02288262
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, National Landscapes, 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.
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