Planning appeal decision
East Yolland Farm, Downgate, Liskeard, PL14 5AJ
Planning appeal 3297940 at East Yolland Farm, Downgate, Liskeard, PL14 5AJ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2022 by Inspector Rose C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be ancillary to the existing dwelling or form a separate dwelling.
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
- Postcode
- PL14 5AJ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 3Policy 7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80
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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