®Planning appeal decision
The Sanctuary Cornwall, Downs Hill, Golant by Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1LJ
development of new single storey Outdoor Activity Centre with multi use accommodation, workshops and meeting rooms to replace existing agricultural building without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref PA17/06249, dated 6 October 2017
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would comply with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan in respect of accessibility to services and facilities
- whether the proposal would comply with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan in respect of the character and appearance of the countryside and the Cornwall National Landscape
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with the Development Plan's spatial strategy on both accessibility to services/facilities and countryside/National Landscape character, with no essential business need established to justify an exception.
The small benefit of releasing the appellants' existing home into the housing stock did not outweigh the identified conflicts with the Development Plan, so the appeal was dismissed.
Framework references: 84, 182, 28, 55
Plan policies cited: Policy C1 (CEDP), Policy AL1 (CEDP), Policy 3 (CLP), Policy 7 (CLP), Policy 5 (CLP), Policy 2 (CLP), Policy 1 (CLP), Policy H1 (NP), Policy E1 (NP), Policy PD-P2 (CMP), Policy PD-P8 (CMP)
Judgments cited: Finney v Welsh Ministers & Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1868
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