®Planning appeal decision
Hembal Lane Farm, Hembal Road, Trewoon, Cornwall , PL25 5TD
mixed residential development, affordable and open market
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the development, bearing in mind the settlement policies of the development plan and the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether safe and suitable access to the development could be provided
- The effect of the development on foraging and commuting bats
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate safe and suitable access to the development, which would result in a significant increase in highway danger at the narrow junction with The Green, outweighed the substantial social and economic benefits of the affordable housing provision.
The substantial social and economic benefits of providing 18 new homes including 9 affordable units to meet identified local need outweighed the limited and localised harm to landscape character and appearance, but did not outweigh the highway danger that would result from the development.
Framework references: 60, 78, 99, 110, 112, 116
Plan policies cited: Policy 2 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030), Policy 3 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030), Policy 9 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030), Policy 23 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030), Policy 27 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030), Policy 2 (St Mewan Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2016-2030), Policy 3 (St Mewan Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2016-2030), Policy 11 (St Mewan Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2016-2030)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.