Land north of and adjacent to St Agnes School, Trelawney Road, St Agnes, Cornwall, TR5 0TP

rural exception site seeking to erect up to affordable 5 dwellings

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Burnham T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether a safe and suitable access could be provided and maintained to the appeal site
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The unacceptable impact on highway safety arising from the inability to provide a safe and suitable access to the site due to the constrained width of the access track, unreliable passing places, and conflict between vehicle and pedestrian movements.

Plan policies cited: Policy 27 of the Cornwall Local Plan (2016), Policy 9 of the Cornwall Local Plan (2016), Policy 23 of the Cornwall Local Plan (2016), Policy 6 of the St Agnes Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan, Policy 10 of the St Agnes Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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