Land at Banns, St Buryan, Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 6EL

a new rural workers’ dwelling, Land at Banns

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Fort G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for a dwelling in the light of development plan and national planning policy
The effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that there was an essential functional need for a rural worker to live permanently at Banns to respond promptly to time-critical agricultural, farm shop and security issues.

The Inspector found no conflict with the development plan and no material considerations indicating a decision other than in accordance with it, so the appeal succeeded without a tilted or weighed balance against harm.

Framework references: 80, 54, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy 7, Policy 1, Policy 2, Policy 12, Policy 23, Policy CC-5, Policy AG1

Judgments cited: Keen v Secretary of State for the Environment, Aylesbury Vale District Council [1995]

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