®Planning appeal decision
Land Northeast of Tremenhere Farm, Kennall Valley, Ponsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HN
Planning appeal 3309792 at Land Northeast of Tremenhere Farm, Kennall Valley, Ponsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HN (Cornwall Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 7 December 2023 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of land from agricultural use to a recreational leisure use of the land comprising the siting of a caravan including its occasional residential use indicated on by blue ‘X’ on the attached, tepee, second caravan and associated operational development including a large wooden shed indicated by a blue ‘A’ and a smaller wooden shed indicated by a blue ‘D’ on the attached plan. The land has been outlined in red on the attached plan ‘The Plan
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Graham J
- Postcode
- TR3 7HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether planning permission ought to be granted for operational development comprising the wooden shed and tepee
What decided it
The wooden shed and tepee constitute unnecessary intrusions of built form into the open countryside within a designated Area of Great Landscape Value, conflicting with Local Plan Policy 23, with insufficient agricultural justification to warrant planning permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 23
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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