Penpont Mill Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ
Approved on 11 December 2012
Council decision: Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Dismantle and fell one multi-stemmed sycamore tree within a Conservation Area
- Received
- 26 November 2012
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Cornwall Council
- Ward
- Altarnun
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation20 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Penpont Mill Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Altarnun conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Altarnun
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2012
- Consultation expiry
- 20 December 2012
- Consultation start
- 29 November 2012
- Consultation end
- 20 December 2012
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Quality Tree Care
- Agent address
- 4 Alexandra Terrace Race Hill Launceston Cornwall PL15 9BU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Altarnun
- National Landscape (AONB): Cornwall
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20238 Sep
Listed building consent to relay the roof and renew the flashings. Addition of windows to the rear elevation…
ApprovedListed building consentPA23/06871 - 202228 Oct
Listed building consent for re-roofing of the stone built part of the building, retaining original slate…
RefusedListed building consentPA22/06882
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