®Planning appeal decision
Trecara, West Polberro, St Agnes, TR5 0ST
Planning appeal 3346486 at Trecara, West Polberro, St Agnes, TR5 0ST (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 14 March 2025 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing with particular regard to the development plan and access to services and facilities.
use of self contained annexe/holiday let as unrestricted dwelling
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- TR5 0ST
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing with particular regard to the development plan and access to services and facilities
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers in terms of the provision of internal living space
What decided it
The proposal would provide insufficient internal space for everyday activities, causing significant harm to living conditions of future occupiers, which outweighed the moderate benefit of contributing to housing supply in a context of shortfall.
The moderate benefit of increasing housing supply at a time of shortfall was outweighed by the significant harm to living conditions from inadequate internal space, with minor harm from car reliance given limited weight; the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 3Policy 7Policy 13Policy 21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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