®Planning appeal decision
Land Opposite Grampound School, South Street, Grampound Road, Cornwall, TR2 4EA
outline permission with all matters reserved for rural exception site consisting of up to 35 dwellings with a minimum 50% affordable homes
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of agricultural land
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites (3.8 years) triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d, and the substantial housing benefits significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited harm to character, appearance and agricultural land.
The substantial benefits of providing 35 new dwellings with at least 50% affordable housing, economic benefits during construction, and support for local facilities outweighed the limited combined harm to character and appearance and loss of agricultural land, when assessed against the policies in the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 9, Policy 23, Policy 21, Policy 28
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.