Planning application
Sir John Moore House Victoria Square Castle Canyke Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Works to trees in a Conservation Area, namely 1) Conifer tree on rear lane, risk of failing onto property. Conifer to be section dismantled to ground level by areal arb.
As published by the council, reference PA25/09056
Application record
- Reference
- PA25/09056
- Type
- Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 1 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Bodmin St Petroc
- Parish
- Bodmin
- Decision by
- Peer Sign Off
- Postcode
- PL31 1EB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cornwall register
This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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PA25/01199/PREAPP Refused
Sir John Moore House Victoria Square Castle Canyke Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB
5 Day Exception notice to fell a conifer
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PA22/01453 Granted
Sir John Moore House Victoria Square Castle Canyke Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 1EB
Listed Building Consent to install two-metre palisade fencing to match existing fencing on the rest of the boundary and at side of site adjacent to Royfee Way.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by Cornwall
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8 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Decided not to make a TPO (TCA apps)
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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Ground Control Ltd Agent, registered in Billericay
Active · incorporated 1984 · Billericay
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cornwall granted permission on 8 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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