Planning appeal decision
Land of Pengersick Estate, Pengersick Lane, Praa Sands, Cornwall, TR20 9RE
Planning appeal 3310297 at Land of Pengersick Estate, Pengersick Lane, Praa Sands, Cornwall, TR20 9RE (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 20 July 2023 by Inspector O'Connor H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site, having an area in the order of 1.4 hectares, qualifies for permission in principle under the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017.
residential development (minimum of 8 and maximum of 9 dwellings)
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Connor H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site, having an area in the order of 1.4 hectares, qualifies for permission in principle under the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017
What decided it
The appeal site, at 1.4 hectares (or 1 hectare on the revised plan), exceeds the threshold for major development under article 5B of the Order and is therefore statutorily exempted from qualifying for permission in principle.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 3 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030, November 2016Breage Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan 2017-2030
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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