®Planning appeal decision
Land South East of Thimble Hall, Chilsworthy, PL18 9PB
without planning permission, the change of use of land from agricultural to residential through the siting of a caravan and associated operational development to create a wooden porch, wooden decked area and new access track. The approximate position of the caravan is marked with the blue ‘X’ on the attached plan
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the site would be suitable for the development, in the light of development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (the AONB)
- The effect of the development on protected habitats
What decided it
The unsuitability of the site's location for tourism/residential use and the resulting harm to the character and appearance of the AONB caused by the caravan, decking and associated paraphernalia.
The harm to the character and appearance of the area, including the AONB, and the unsuitability of the location outweighed the appellant's case for retaining the caravan, though the minor harm from the shipping container was outweighed by the benefit of its agricultural use, and the track was found to cause no material landscape harm given its agricultural function.
Plan policies cited: Policy 2 of the Cornwall Local Plan 2016, CLP Policy 3, CLP Policy 7, CLP Policy 5, CLP Policy 23, Policy LET2 of the Calstock Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2021-2030
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.