Planning appeal decision
Land Known As Land at Carbis Bay Hotel, Beach Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2NP
Planning appeal 3284828 at Land Known As Land at Carbis Bay Hotel, Beach Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2NP (Cornwall Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 February 2022 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Engineering operations to alter natural land levels and create terracing; operational development to construct concrete pile foundations and concrete slabs, concrete retaining wall, three single storey structures to provide nine meeting rooms with associated decked area, fence and gate exceeding 2 metres height, and access road
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TR26 2NP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The very significant harm to the character and appearance of the coastal landscape, which could not be outweighed by the economic benefits of the development despite those benefits attracting considerable weight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 5Policy 12Policy 23Policy 25Policy LED8Policy GD1Policy OS3Policy OS9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 81Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 180
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Cornwall
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed28 October 20266006769Wayside Barn, Field Opposite Lower Reen Farm, Reen, Perranporth, TR6 0AL
- Dismissed23 October 2026601080025 Cliff Street, Mevagissey, PL26 6QJ
- Dismissed22 October 2026601210941 Gwithian Towans, Gwithian, TR27 5BT
- Allowed21 September 20266008437Chy Trygh, Towan Cross, Mount Hawke, TR4 8BN
- Dismissed18 September 20266009443Land East of Nordic Barn, Kilkhampton Nr Bude, EX23 9HN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®