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Dismissed10 September 20243337129

The Sanctuary Cornwall, Downs Hill, Golant by Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1LJ

Planning appeal 3337129 at The Sanctuary Cornwall, Downs Hill, Golant by Fowey, Cornwall, PL23 1LJ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 10 September 2024 by Inspector Marigold O, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would comply with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan in respect of accessibility to services and facilities.

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
Postcode
PL23 1LJ

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 84Paragraph 182Paragraph 28Paragraph 55
Judgments
Finney v Welsh Ministers & Others [2019] EWCA Civ 1868

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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