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Allowed11 May 20223283040

Flowers By Diane, Short Cross Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8DU

Planning appeal 3283040 at Flowers By Diane, Short Cross Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8DU (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 11 May 2022 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is in an acceptable location with regard to development plan policies controlling the distribution of development.

to replace an existing building used for business operations with a work/live unit within the site of the growing gardens

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Other minor developments
Inspector
Bale M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is in an acceptable location with regard to development plan policies controlling the distribution of development
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The explicit support for live-work units in LP Policy 2, combined with the site's adjacency to Mount Hawke and the absence of demonstrated harm to character and appearance, outweighed policies resisting residential development in the countryside.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 3Policy 7Policy 2Policy 5Policy 15 of the St Agnes Neighbourhood Development Plan 2018-2030Policy 12Policy 23

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