®Planning appeal decision
Land East of Six Chimneys, Bolenowe, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 9JA
Planning appeal 3328971 at Land East of Six Chimneys, Bolenowe, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 9JA (Cornwall Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 26 March 2025 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b).
use of land for stationing a residential mobile home
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- TR14 9JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the breach of planning control has occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive (ground f)
- Whether the compliance period of 12 months is too short (ground g)
- Whether there are special circumstances that justify residential development in open countryside
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the countryside
What decided it
The chalet's prominent and incongruous appearance in the landscape, combined with its failure to meet the special circumstances test for countryside residential development and its conflict with up-to-date design and environmental policies, outweighed the personal circumstances of the appellant's mother's care needs.
The personal circumstances and medical needs of the appellant's mother and the fact that she would be cared for by her daughter did not outweigh the policies in the Local Plan and the harm caused by the chalet to the character and appearance of the countryside; the mitigation measures for the Falmouth and Helford SAC did not outweigh the development harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 2aPolicy 3Policy 7Policy 12Policy 23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 10Paragraph 12
- Judgments
- Burdle and Williams v SSE & New Forest RDC [1972] 1 WLR 1207
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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