Planning appeal decision
Little Orchard , Trefullock Moor , Summercourt , Cornwall , TR8 5BH
Planning appeal 3331250 at Little Orchard , Trefullock Moor , Summercourt , Cornwall , TR8 5BH (Cornwall Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control.
Residential use of a mobile home with wooden extension and material change of use of land from agricultural to mixed agricultural and residential use
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- TR8 5BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control
- Whether the material change of use is immune from enforcement action due to the passage of time
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are excessive or disproportionate
- Whether the period for compliance is reasonable having regard to Article 8 ECHR
What decided it
The appellants failed to establish that the residential use was temporary accommodation for workers on the permitted pole barn building operations, which were substantially complete by the time of the enforcement notice.
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