Planning appeal decision
14 Claremont Terrace, Beacon Road, Breageside, Porthleven, TR13 9JU
Planning appeal 3297659 at 14 Claremont Terrace, Beacon Road, Breageside, Porthleven, TR13 9JU (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 8 August 2022 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area, with particular regard to the site's location within the Porthleven Conservation Area.
Replacement of two existing Velux windows on the main front roof with two new dormer windows comprising a gabled design with pitched roof
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- TR13 9JU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area, with particular regard to the site's location within the Porthleven Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposed dormer windows would result in significant harm to the character and appearance of the Porthleven Conservation Area through poor quality design and discordant visual impact on the roofscape, with no public benefits to outweigh this harm to the designated heritage asset.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- BE1HE1Policy 1Policy 12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 16Paragraph 126Paragraph 130Paragraph 189Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
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
- Dismissed29 October 20266011753London Inn Apartments, 34 Fore Street, Redruth, TR15 2AE
- Dismissed29 October 20266008546Land South of 51 Polisken Way, Polisken Way, St Erme, TR4 9RG
- Allowed29 October 20266005388Springlily, Steppy Downs Road, St Erth Praze, TR27 6EE
- Allowed28 October 20266006769Wayside Barn, Field Opposite Lower Reen Farm, Reen, Perranporth, TR6 0AL
- Dismissed23 October 2026601080025 Cliff Street, Mevagissey, PL26 6QJ
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.
®