®Planning appeal decision
Land At Bodieve, Bodieve, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6EG
Planning appeal 3285995 at Land At Bodieve, Bodieve, Wadebridge, Cornwall, PL27 6EG (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 16 August 2022 by Inspector Robins M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site represents an appropriate location for residential development having regard to national and local policies.
an outline application for residential development including access of up to 245 new homes (to include 30% affordable homes), new relief road from Ball Roundabout to B3314, new public open space (including play area and community orchard and cycle path/amenity walkway), extensive new tree planting and new habitat creation including 1.75ha. of new woodland planting and 0.25ha of new wildlife ponds)
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robins M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site represents an appropriate location for residential development having regard to national and local policies
- the effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) was engaged because the most important policies (Policies 3 and 7) were out-of-date, and the substantial housing and affordable housing benefits together with significant highway/link road benefits were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the moderate landscape harm identified.
The substantial weight attached to housing and affordable housing delivery, significant weight to the link road and highway improvements, and moderate weight to biodiversity, open space and economic benefits outweighed the moderate, partly temporary landscape character harm and the limited harm from loss of agricultural land, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 2aPolicy 3Policy 7Policy 23Policy ENV15CLP Policy 8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57
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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