Former The Cottage Hotel, Boskerris Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2RN

Change of use from residential development approved under PA21/01576 to an Aparthotel (Planning use class C1)

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Gethin T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed change of use, with or without appropriate conditions, is acceptable with regards to the development plan

What decided it

The proposed use could be appropriately classified and secured as a Class C1 hotel use through planning conditions, and no development plan policies specifically prohibited such a change of use from the approved residential scheme.

Plan policies cited: Policy H2 of the St Ives Area Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2030, Policy LED 8 of the St Ives Area Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2030, Policy 2 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010 – 2030, Policy 1 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010 – 2030

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