East Yolland Farm, Downgate, LISKEARD, PL14 5AJ

detached annexe for use ancillary to adjacent principal dwellinghouse including change of use of land to extend proposed curtilage of the dwellinghouse

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Rose C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be ancillary to the existing dwelling or form a separate dwelling
If it were to be regarded as a separate dwelling, whether the proposal represents an appropriate location for housing having regard to the settlement hierarchy within the development plan

What decided it

The proposal would create a new dwelling in open countryside that fails to meet any of the special circumstances required by Policy 7 of the Cornwall Local Plan and paragraph 80 of the NPPF, and therefore conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy for directing housing to sustainable locations.

Framework references: 80

Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 3, Policy 7

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