Planning appeal decision
Chy Vounder, Trenance, Mawgan Porth, Newquay, Cornwall , TR8 4BT
Planning appeal 3293429 at Chy Vounder, Trenance, Mawgan Porth, Newquay, Cornwall , TR8 4BT (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 27 October 2022 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the principle of a new dwelling on the site is acceptable having regard firstly to the site's location as regards local and national planning policy and secondly to the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
the construction of a detached dwellinghouse and the provision of a new vehicular access (all other matters reserved)
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Andrews M
- Postcode
- TR8 4BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the principle of a new dwelling on the site is acceptable having regard firstly to the site's location as regards local and national planning policy and secondly to the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's initial pre-application advice and officer's report exercising reasonable interpretation of policy, combined with the site's characteristics as established residential garden land within the settlement boundary, outweighed the subsequent Member refusal and Parish Council objections.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 3Policy 7Policy 12Policy 23Policy 21c
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 174
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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