®Planning appeal decision
Axe Head Farm, Underlane, Carnkie, Wendron Helston, Cornwall , TR13 0EJ
a material change of use of land from agriculture to a mixed use comprising agriculture and the stationing of 2 caravans for residential purposes
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development satisfies planning policies for residential development in the open countryside
- The effect that the development has on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether there are any over-riding personal circumstances that outweigh the policy considerations
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with countryside housing policy (Policy 7) and the resulting harm to landscape character outweighed the appellant's personal circumstances.
The appellant's personal circumstances and the best interests of the child carried significant weight in the planning balance but did not outweigh the harm to the countryside that the Development Plan seeks to protect.
Framework references: 80
Plan policies cited: Policy 7 of the Cornwall Local Plan, Policy 23 of the Cornwall Local Plan, Policy AL1 of the Cornwall Council Climate Emergency DPD
Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG and others
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