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Alphington House Alverton Place Penzance Cornwall TR18 4JJ

PA25/00594Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2025

Council decision: Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to trees in a conservation area (CA), works include They are part of a cyclical maintenance programme. T1 - Holm Oak - Crown Reduce by approx 2 metres. T2 - Ash - Fell - The tree is suffering from Dieback caused by Chalara. T3 - Bay - Crown Reduce to chest height to be maintained in future as a hedge. T4 - Holly - Crown Reduce by 2 metres. To maintain a clearance from the property. T5 - Hawthorne - Crown Reduce by 2 metres. To maintain a clearance from the property. T6 - Holm Oak - Crown Reduce by approx 3 metres.

Received
26 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Penzance Promenade
Agent
Lafrowda Tree Services
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 3 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Alphington House Alverton Place Penzance Cornwall TR18 4JJ. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 7 weeks quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Penzance conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Penzance Promenade. We hold 575 applications in total for the TR18 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
TR18 4JJ
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Penzance

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2025
Target decision date
9 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lafrowda Tree Services
Agent address
17 St Michaels Street Penzance Cornwall TR18 2DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13705961
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
17

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 (20)

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, 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

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

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