Little Meadows Arbour Road From Toldish Road To Moorland Road, Toldish Indian Queens, TR9 6HG

change of use of land to a private gypsy/traveller site comprising of 6 pitches with associated works including 6 mobile homes, 6 touring caravans, 2 semi-detached day rooms, hardstandings and the installation of a septic tank

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
Inspector: Ashworth S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site lies in a suitable location having regard to the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and national and local planning policy for the provision of Gypsy and Traveller sites and, if any harm is identified, whether there are any benefits which would outweigh that harm

What decided it

The considerable weight attached to the substantial unmet need for Gypsy and Traveller pitches and the long-standing failure of policy to meet that need outweighed the limited harm to character and appearance.

the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area was outweighed by the considerable weight given to the unmet need for pitches and the failure of policy to provide for Gypsy and Traveller accommodation, so permission was granted

Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 2a, Policy 11, Policy 12, Policy 23, Landscape Policy 1, Landscape Policy 2

Judgments cited: Lisa Smith v SSLUHC [2022] EWCA Civ 1391

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