Meadowside Churchtown Feock Truro Cornwall TR3 6SD Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/02320 - Tree Preservation Order Refused
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO): To prune the lane side Sessile Oak near to driveway entrance back to 1.5m to control size, cutting no more than 50mm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
29 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
24 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Jun 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF R1TPOZ - REFUSAL NOTICE Decision Notice · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 24 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG PHOTO OF TREE Photo · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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.
Public footpath about 18 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.
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 6
An estimated 30% or more 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.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Special area of conservation about 345 m away: Fal & Helford; Scheduled monument about 185 m away: Churchyard cross in Feock churchyard; Inside the Feock built-up area; Priority habitat about 36 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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

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
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
TR3 6SD
Received
29 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Feock And Kea
Parish
Feock
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jun 2026
Decision
Refusal one reason
Decision date
24 Jun 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eco Active Arborists LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 19 days slower than Cornwall's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 12% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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-14837895
Planning Portal ref
PP-14837895
Statutory expiry
24 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

15 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Non-material amendment in relation to decision notice PA23/01909 dated 25.05.2023, namely…
PA24/09129
2024 Withdrawn
Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order namely temporarily re…
PA24/03900
2023 Approved
Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and rebuilding of four bed detached dwelling.
PA23/01909
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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PA25/06055
2024 Approved
Appensleigh Pill Creek Feock Truro Cornwall TR3 6SD
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2023 Approved
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Application for works to a tree subject to a Tree Preservation order namely undertake pru…
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2021 Approved
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Resubmission of previously approved scheme for proposed pitched roof extension above exis…
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2020 Approved
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T1 (OAK): Crown raise lower canopy T2 (OAK): Fell
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2020 Approved
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2019 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings