Wildwood Doctors Hill Boscastle Cornwall PL35 0BA Data via plota.co.uk

PA26/04922 - Trees in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to Trees within a Conservation Area (TCA) - T1 - Sycamores - Trim back to boundary line, no height to be reduced. T2 - Large Ash - Reduction of 2-3m. T3 - Smaller Ash - Trim away from neighbours roof. T4 - Sycamores - Trim back to boundary line. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jul 2026
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Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Peer Sign Off · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DREPORT DELEGATED OFFICER REPORT Officer Report · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TREE LOCATION PLAN Plan - Site Location · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF NTTCAZ - DECIDED NOT TO MAKE A TPO Correspondence Out · 21 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG SUPPORTING PHOTO Photo · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG SUPPORTING PHOTO Photo · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG SUPPORTING PHOTO Photo · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ IMG SUPPORTING PHOTO Photo · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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.
Boscastle 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 coast: Pentire Point - Widemouth
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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
14 listed buildings within 150 m; Flood defence 16 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Inside the Boscastle 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
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
Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
PL35 0BA
Received
15 Jul 2026
Validated
15 Jul 2026
Ward
Camelford And Boscastle
Parish
Forrabury And Minster
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Peer Sign Off
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 37 days. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
841decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15084807
Planning Portal ref
PP-15084807
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Works to trees in a Conservation Area for Sycamore (T1) - fell. Removal should open up ca…
PA24/02884
2020 Approved
Works to sycamore trees within a conservation area.
PA20/08493
2017 Approved
Works to trees (T1), (T2) and felling of a group of poor form Sycamore trees (G1)
PA17/04709
Within ~100m

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Cornwall
Planning Authority Score
7.9/10
Good
#28 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
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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

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