Quaker House Penstraze, Chacewater, TRURO, TR4 8PE

demolition of existing block-built barns, construction of dwelling and associated works

Authority: Cornwall Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal and its location, land use and amount would comply with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan in respect of the accessibility of the site to services and facilities
The effect of the proposal on the Fal and Helford, and Penhale Dunes Areas of Conservation (SACs)

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate five years' housing land supply engaged the presumption of sustainable development in Paragraph 11 of the Framework, and the adverse impacts of granting permission in principle did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.

The moderate weight given to conflict with the Development Plan's spatial strategy policies was outweighed by the significant weight given to the proposal's contribution to housing supply in the context of the Council's housing land supply shortfall and the presumption of sustainable development in Paragraph 11 of the Framework.

Framework references: 11, 110, 115

Plan policies cited: CLP Policy 3, CLP Policy 7, CLP Policy 21, NP Policy HN1, Chacewater Parish Neighbourhood Development Plan Appendix 5

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