Planning appeal decision
Former The Cottage Hotel, Boskerris Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2RN
Planning appeal 3340004 at Former The Cottage Hotel, Boskerris Road, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2RN (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 7 August 2024 by Inspector Gethin T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed change of use, with or without appropriate conditions, is acceptable with regards to the development plan.
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
- Postcode
- TR26 2RN
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H2 of the St Ives Area Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2030Policy LED 8 of the St Ives Area Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2030Policy 2 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010 – 2030Policy 1 of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010 – 2030
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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