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Dismissed22 September 20213272903

Land Adjoining Minster Farm, B3266 Between Mount Pleasant And Camelford Road, Boscastle, Cornwall, PL35 0EJ

Planning appeal 3272903 at Land Adjoining Minster Farm, B3266 Between Mount Pleasant And Camelford Road, Boscastle, Cornwall, PL35 0EJ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 22 September 2021 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The suitability of the buildings for conversion.

Change of use of two agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses (one bed and two bed respectively), together with associated works including stone and timber cladding, new slate roofs, parking and turning areas, and enclosed gardens

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Nicholls H
Postcode
PL35 0EJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The suitability of the buildings for conversion
  • The effect of the works on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The buildings are not suitable to retain for conversion because their small scale, utilitarian form, modern construction, and the extensive works required, combined with the resulting harm to the character and appearance of the AONB landscape through introduction of domestic features, conflict with Policy 7 of the Cornwall Local Plan and the highest status of landscape protection afforded to AONBs.

The moderate weight afforded to housing delivery and economic benefits was insufficient to outweigh the identified harms to the AONB landscape character and appearance and the conflict with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 7, Cornwall Local Plan (2016)Policy 2, Cornwall Local Plan (2016)Policy 12, Cornwall Local Plan (2016)Policy 23, Cornwall Local Plan (2016)

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