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Allowed11 December 20243344255

Meudon Hotel, Maenporth Road, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5HT

Planning appeal 3344255 at Meudon Hotel, Maenporth Road, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5HT (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 11 December 2024 by Inspector Fish A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including the Cornwall National Landscape (CNL).

full planning application comprising 10 no. holiday units (C3) (total 1,615 sqm GIA) following demolition of two units in the grounds of Hotel Meudon; guest amenity building comprising swimming pool, restaurant, gym and fitness suite (C1) (total 235 sqm GIA); cycle store, greenhouse, bat roost building and substation; demolition of existing staff accommodation block, Bream House, Meudon Cottage and other ancillary garden structures; comprehensive landscaping scheme including biodiversity enhancements and planting to northern field and northern slopes of existing garden; together with other necessary infrastructure

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
leisure-sport · Major retail and services
Inspector
Fish A
Postcode
TR11 5HT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including the Cornwall National Landscape (CNL)
  • Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location having particular regard to the scale of the proposal and its accessibility by sustainable modes of transport
  • The effect of the proposed development on the significance of heritage assets
  • The effect of the proposed development on the integrity of the Fal and Helford SAC
  • The effect of the proposal on protected species, with particular regard to bats
  • Whether there are any material considerations, including benefits which would outweigh any identified harm

What decided it

The significant economic benefits of securing the long-term future of the hotel, together with the biodiversity and landscape benefits of garden investment, were found to outweigh the lower-end-of-spectrum harm to the CNL landscape and non-designated heritage asset.

The significant economic benefits (securing the hotel's future, jobs, tourist spend) and significant benefits from garden/landscape/biodiversity investment outweighed the lower-end-of-spectrum harm to the CNL landscape and non-designated heritage asset, so the balance tipped in favour of allowing the appeal despite conflict with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 12 of the LPPolicy 23 of the LPPolicy 5 of the LPPolicies 2, 3 and 7 of the LPPolicy 22 of the LPPolicy 4 of the NPPolicy 5 of the NPPolicy 6 of the NPPolicy G1 of the DPDPolicy G2 of the DPD
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 89Paragraph 109Paragraph 183Paragraph 209Paragraph 182Paragraph 185Paragraph 85Paragraph 88Paragraph 56
Judgments
Sheila Moore v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Suffolk Coastal District Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1202, 2012 WL 4050191

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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