Planning appeal decision
Storage Building, Hope Farm, Pennance Road, Lanner, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5TQ
Planning appeal 3342639 at Storage Building, Hope Farm, Pennance Road, Lanner, Redruth, Cornwall, TR16 5TQ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 11 February 2025 by Inspector Thandi B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the conditions are necessary with regard to the effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area.
demolition of existing sub-standard outbuilding and erection of a replacement outbuilding for storage use without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref PA13/02801, dated 4 July 2013
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Thandi B
- Postcode
- TR16 5TQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the conditions are necessary with regard to the effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The cumulative impact of deviations from the approved scheme has resulted in a building with an overtly domestic design that is unduly prominent and incongruous on the slope of Carn Marth, adversely affecting the character and appearance of the area including the AGLV.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 12Policy 23Lanner Neighbourhood Plan Policy 1Lanner Neighbourhood Plan Policy 6Lanner Neighbourhood Plan Policy 7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 140
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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