Planning appeal decision
Mapowders Farm, Stratton, Bude, EX23 9NR
Planning appeal 3301213 at Mapowders Farm, Stratton, Bude, EX23 9NR (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 10 January 2023 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the effects on highway safety.
Change of use of land to dog training/exercise area
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
- Postcode
- EX23 9NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the effects on highway safety
What decided it
The material increase in traffic movements at the junction created a genuine highway safety need that could only be addressed through the specified junction modification works, which were reasonably imposed as a condition on the appellants' business use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 27 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030
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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