32 North Parade Portscatho Truro Cornwall TR2 5HH Data via plota.co.uk
PA26/01934 - Trees in a Conservation Area
Approved
Proposal
Works to Trees within a Conservation Area (TCA) - Large Macrocarpa (carpark) - Removal of the large limb extending over car park, thin and deadwood of overall canopy. 2 x mid size Macrocarpa (on lane) - 4ft Reduction to canopy, thin and deadwood of overall canopy. Illex (Car park) - Reduce to proposed height. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
27 Mar 2026
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Approved
8 May 2026
Approved on 8 May 2026 · Self Sign Off (Area Team) · Last checked 8 Jul 2026
Documents 7
Application forms 1
Other documents 6
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NTTCAZ - DECIDED NOT TO MAKE A TPO
Correspondence Out · 8 May 2026
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PHOTO 01 MACROCARPAS X 2 (LANE)
Photo · 20 Mar 2026
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PHOTO 02 ILLEX (CARPARK)
Photo · 20 Mar 2026
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PHOTO 03 LARGE MACROCARPAS (CARPARK)
Photo · 20 Mar 2026
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PHOTO 04 LARGE MACROCARPAS (CARPARK)
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PHOTO 05 MACROCARPAS X 2 (LANE)
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Site constraints 13
Cornwall National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Portscatho conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Heritage coast: The Roseland
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Public footpath about 19 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Special area of conservation about 43 m away: Falmouth Bay to St Austell Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
St. Mawes to Cremyll about 11 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
Also on the record
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 332 m away: Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach SSSI; Inside the Portscatho built-up area; Priority habitat about 37 m away: Maritime cliff and slope; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Cornwall
- Application type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Postcode
- TR2 5HH
- Received
- 27 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- St Goran, Tregony And The Roseland
- Parish
- Gerrans
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 May 2026
- Decision
- Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)
- Decision date
- 8 May 2026
- Decision level
- Self Sign Off (Area Team)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Wild Arborist Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 42 days from validation, 5 days slower than Cornwall's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one42d
Council37d
UK36d
95%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
846decided in the last year
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Cornwall in the last twelve months, from validation. Cornwall decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14796620
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14796620
- Statutory expiry
- 8 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions
Cornwall is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #64 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 97% approval rate vs 90% nationally.
More permissive than most councils
97% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Cornwall decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #79 of 296
97%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #28 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #64 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #101 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
1180 decided (1-9 homes)
94%
Major dwellings approved
67 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
194 decided
4,839
Total decisions
363 refused in the year to March 2026
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