Planning appeal decision
Land Known As Tremearne, Bone Valley, Heamoor, Penzance, TR20 8UJ
Planning appeal 3312231 at Land Known As Tremearne, Bone Valley, Heamoor, Penzance, TR20 8UJ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 2 May 2024 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Appeal Site constitutes a sustainable location for residential development.
the retention of a building as a self-contained residential unit
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Graham J
- Postcode
- TR20 8UJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Appeal Site constitutes a sustainable location for residential development
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Appeal Site is located in the countryside outside any defined settlement and does not meet any of the mechanisms in Local Plan Policy 3 for delivering housing outside main towns, and therefore conflicts with the adopted development plan's spatial strategy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 3Policy 7Policy 9Policy 23Policy 27Madron Neighbourhood Development Plan Policy H1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 9
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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