Monks Walk Adj To St Nicholas Street Bodmin PL31 1AG Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/00664/PREAPP - Exception Notice (was 5 Day Notice) Refused

Proposal

Exception notice for 1x Ash and 2x Sycamore to fell due to disease and potential damage to property Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
8 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jun 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Bodmin 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.
Council document ↗
Heritage at risk: Bodmin
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 267 m away: Bodmin Beacon
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Bodmin 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. 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
Exception Notice (was 5 Day Notice)
Postcode
PL31 1AG
Received
2 Jun 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Bodmin St Petroc
Parish
Bodmin
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Decision
Planning Application required
Decision date
8 Jun 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 6 days from validation, 31 days faster 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

Statutory expiry
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
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. View full council performance
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