Tower View Quarry Lane St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LL Data via plota.co.uk
PA26/00593/PREAPP - Exception Notice (was 5 Day Notice)
Refused
Proposal
Exception Notice for works to fell a mature Eucalyptus Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
11 May 2026
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Refused
18 May 2026
Appeal
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Refused on 18 May 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 7 Jul 2026
Documents 3
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 10
Tamar Valley 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.
St Germans 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.
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.
14 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: St Germans Church of England School, Grade II, 40 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 12 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 14 with distances
- 40 mSt Germans Church of England SchoolGrade II
- 74 mHawthorns Nut Tree CottageGrade II
- 82 mOld Police HousesGrade II
- 84 mSt Germans Church of England School and the Gardener's Cottage With Attached WallsGrade II
- 106 mRailings, Gateway and Wall Attached to South East of the Gardener's CottageGrade II
- 113 m1,2 and 3, Church StreetGrade II
- 116 mFountainGrade II
- 116 mTripcony HouseGrade II
- 117 mRoseland and House Attached to LeftGrade II
- 129 mGate Piers and Gate About 18 Metres North of the VicarageGrade II
- 131 mLychgate and Attached Railings About 30 Metres South of Church of St GermansGrade II
- 132 mOrangery With Urn About 12 Metres to North and Busts Arranged to South, Port EliotGrade II*
- 132 mThe VicarageGrade II
- 149 mChurch of St GermanusGrade I
Registered park or garden 74 m away: Port Eliot
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Also on the record
Special protection area 407 m away: Tamar Estuaries Complex; SSSI 407 m away: Lynher Estuary SSSI; Inside the St Germans built-up area; 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. 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
- Exception Notice (was 5 Day Notice)
- Postcode
- PL12 5LL
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Ward
- Rame Peninsula And St Germans
- Parish
- St. Germans
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 18 May 2026
- Decision
- Planning Application required
- Decision date
- 18 May 2026
- Decision level
- Peer Sign Off
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 7 days from validation, 30 days faster than Cornwall's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 12% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one7d
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
- Statutory expiry
- 18 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
The Coach House Nut Tree Hill St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LD
Redevelopment of existing workshop, internal and external amendments, addition of solar p…
2025
Approved
The Old Rectory Old Quay Lane St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LH
Works to trees in a Conservation Area for Conifer (T1) and Conifer (T2) - remove. Trees a…
2023
Approved
Nut Tree Hill Holiday Carriages Haparanda Station St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5NS
Works to trees in a Conservation area (TCA) Remove Ash ref 6280, 6284 and 6277. Remove pa…
2021
Approved
St Germans Railway Station St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LS
Work to trees subject to Tree Preservation Order: TPO tree: at Tripcony House St (ref: E2…
2021
Approved
St Germans Railway Station St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LS
Work to trees in a conservation area: crown lift all trees (various species) adjacent sta…
2020
Approved
Police House St Germans Cornwall PL12 5LQ
Submission of details to discharge condition 3 in respect of decision number PA20/05675 l…
2020
Approved
Police House St Germans Cornwall PL12 5LQ
Listed Building Consent for replacement of rainwater goods to 1-4 Police Houses; removal…
2020
Approved
Haparanda Station St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LU
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area: Works to eight trees (Syc…
2019
Approved
4 Police House St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LQ
Works to trees in a conservation area, namely complete removal of multi stem ash tree (T1…
2019
Approved
Tripcony House St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LS
Works to Norway Maple tree (T1) (ref: E2/07/TPO/00086) covered by a Tree Preservation Ord…
2019
Approved
St Germans Railway Station St Germans Saltash Cornwall PL12 5LS
Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely crown lift all trees (various species) adja…
2019
Approved
East Hill House St Germans Cornwall PL12 5LL
Works to trees in a conservation area, namely fell Macracarpa (T1) and Eucalyptus (T2)
2018
Approved
Land West Of St Germans Railway Station St Germans Cornwall PL12 5LS
Screening Opinion to create a commuter car park opposite St Germans railway station
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
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
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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