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Godolphin House Godolphin Estate Godolphin Cross Helston Cornwall TR13 9RE

PA24/08148Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 20 December 2024

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO), works include 1.Sycamore, mature, remove stem over track due to die back in crown and lesions on trunk 2. Beech, mature, Fell. 3.Sycamore, young, fell to ground due to die back up trunk. replant with Beech/Sycamore 4. Sycamore, mature, fell to ground due to die back in crown due to Kretzschmaria. do not replant due to location in car park. Could plant with hawthorn or hazel for a smaller tree. 5. Sycamore, mature, monolith due to severe die back 6.Yew Tree, mature, pollard back to main trunk and reduce height due to die back in crown 7. Holly, middle aged, fell to ground due to dead crown. do not replant due to location 8.Sycamore, mature, reduce crown by 4 m due to crack in trunk and weight over foot path 9. Sycamore, mature, remove lone stem down to previous stem wound from storm damage 10. Oak tree, mature, fell to ground due to decay in stem and weight over road. Do not replant due to location on wall. Self seeded saplings allowed to mature in woods over wall. 11. Sycamore, mature, reduce crown by 3 m due to die back in crown and location over road. Self seeded saplings allowed to mature in woods over wall. 12. Sycamore, mature, reduce crown by 3 m due to die back in crown and location over road. Self seeded saplings allowed to mature in woods over wall. 13. Oak, mature, fell to ground due to presence of Ganoderma and decay up main stem and weight over road.Self seeded saplings allowed to mature in woods over wall. 14. Sycamore, mature, fell to ground due to decay in trunk and presence of Ganoderma and weight over garden paths. Do not replant due to location in Scheduled Ancient Monument. Plans to plant trees below the wall are being developed. 15. Sycamore, mature, fell to ground due to die back in crown, decay in trunk and weight over garden paths. Do not replant due to location in Scheduled Ancient Monument

Received
11 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Porthleven, Breage And Germoe
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Godolphin House Godolphin Estate Godolphin Cross Helston Cornwall TR13 9RE. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 53 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Porthleven, Breage And Germoe. We hold 2,060 applications in total for the TR13 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
TR13 9RE
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Breage

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2024
Target decision date
6 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
National Trust - Mr Pearson
Agent address
Godolphin Count House Godolphin Cross Helston TR13 9RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13173669
Documents
7
Constraints
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    6 Jan

    Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order, Beech Tree, reduce crown to 18m height. Sycamore tree…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderPA26/00058
  2. 2025
    21 Nov

    Exception notice for various works to Pine, Oak and Sycamore (14 trees in total)

    WithdrawnException Notice (was 5 Day Notice)PA25/01205/PREAPP
  3. 2025
    22 Sep

    Works to Tree(s) subject to a preservation order (TPO) 3x Ash trees (T1-3) (Mature) fell to ground.

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderPA25/07162
  4. 2024
    11 Dec

    Exception Notice for Sycamore (T1) - remove large limb with a large lengthways split, tree overhangs road and…

    WithdrawnException Notice (was 5 Day Notice)PA24/01442/PREAPP
  5. 2024
    28 Nov

    Exception Notice for 10 x Ash trees (T1-T10

    WithdrawnException Notice (was 5 Day Notice)PA24/01386/PREAPP
  6. 2024
    25 Oct

    Exception Notice for Sycamore, a large limb has split (please see accompanying photo), the split limb needs…

    WithdrawnException Notice (was 5 Day Notice)PA24/01271/PREAPP

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