Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 9 New Hill Estate, Grampound, Truro, Cornwall, TR2 4RA
Planning appeal 3278592 at Land Adjacent to 9 New Hill Estate, Grampound, Truro, Cornwall, TR2 4RA (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 27 January 2022 by Inspector Staddon P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
formation of access and parking area
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Staddon P
- Postcode
- TR2 4RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal would cause unacceptable harm to the rural character and appearance of Pepo Lane within the Area of Great Landscape Value through the creation of a harsh engineered intrusion involving hedgerow removal and extensive excavation with retaining walls.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Restormel Local Plan (2001) saved policy 14Cornwall Local Plan 2010-2030 policy 2Cornwall Local Plan 2010-2030 policy 12Cornwall Local Plan 2010-2030 policy 23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 8
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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