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Sir John Moore House Victoria Square Castle Canyke Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB

PA25/09056Trees in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 8 January 2026

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

Proposal

Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely 1) Conifer tree on rear lane, risk of failing onto property. Conifer to be section dismantled to ground level by areal arb.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bodmin St Petroc
Agent
Ground Control Ltd
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided8 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sir John Moore House Victoria Square Castle Canyke Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB. Cornwall has handled 3,715 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Cornwall's typical decision time. The site is in the Bodmin conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bodmin St Petroc. We hold 167 applications in total for the PL31 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
PL31 1EB
Application type
Trees in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bodmin

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ground Control Ltd
Agent address
Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay Essex CM12 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14531028
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bodmin
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Bodmin
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.

Source: Cornwall

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