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The Rectory Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ

PA24/09561Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 21 February 2025

Council decision: Approved with conditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to Trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO): T3 Beech - Selective branch reduction upon the north east quarter, radial spread reshape of the same area reducing branches by up to 1.5m and crown lift to approximately 4m.

Received
3 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Altarnun And Stoke Climsland
  1. Received3 Jan
  2. Validated3 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Feb
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory Altarnun Launceston Cornwall PL15 7SJ. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 94 applications across Altarnun And Stoke Climsland. 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
3 January 2025
Target decision date
28 February 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13631836
Documents
9
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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© 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    20 May

    Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO), namely reduction in height and radial spread not…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderPA22/03880
  2. 2022
    10 Mar

    Exception notice for works to remove a large limb off a sycamore tree which had a limb snapped off in the…

    ApprovedException Notice (was 5 Day Notice)PA22/00609/PREAPP
  3. 2020
    19 Nov

    A single storey extension to the existing dwelling, to provide an extra room in the property.

    ApprovedFull applicationPA20/08622
  4. 2020
    30 Sep

    Works to tree covered by a TPO namely to remove 3 lower limbs from large Sycamore tree (T1).

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderPA20/06787
  5. 2017
    23 Jan

    Works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order namely - Remove T4 and T5 Sycamore and T7 Goat Willow

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderPA17/00615
  6. 2016
    8 Jun

    Demolition of steps and construction of disabled ramp.

    ApprovedFull applicationPA16/05294

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