®Planning appeal decision
Land northeast of Tremenhere Farm, Kennall Valley, Ponsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HN
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
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy 23
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