®Planning appeal decision
Land Between Aspen Drive And Boscoppa Road, Aspen Drive, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 3SY
described on the application form as ‘proposed development of site to create fifty dwellings. A mix of open market and affordable homes’
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposal would result in the loss of best and most versatile land (BMV)
- Whether the proposal would deliver social and community infrastructure including affordable housing
What decided it
The failure of the local planning authority to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which engaged the tilted balance and meant that the significant benefits of housing delivery outweighed the localised harm to character and appearance and loss of BMV land.
The moderate and localised harm to character and appearance and the loss of best and most versatile land were outweighed by the significant benefits of delivering up to 50 dwellings (including affordable housing) in circumstances where the local planning authority cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and the Framework's tilted balance applies.
Framework references: 11, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 8, Policy 12, Policy 21, Policy 23, Policy 25, Policy 26, Policy 27, Policy 28
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.