®Planning appeal decision
St Roche, Mawgan Porth Hill, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, TR8 4BN
Planning appeal 3348094 at St Roche, Mawgan Porth Hill, Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, TR8 4BN (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 23 January 2025 by Inspector Wright A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the provisions of the development plan.
the demolition of an existing dwelling and associated outbuildings and construction of 6 earth sheltered dwellings with access, parking and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- TR8 4BN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the provisions of the development plan
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Watergate and Lanherne Area of Great Landscape Value
- the effect of the proposed development on the setting and significance of the Mawgan Porth early medieval settlement and associated burial ground Scheduled Monument
- the effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Mawgan Porth to Newquay County Wildlife Site
What decided it
the less than substantial harm to the setting and significance of the Mawgan Porth Scheduled Monument provided a strong reason for refusal that was not outweighed by the proposal's public benefits
the limited public benefits of the scheme, including a modest housing contribution and economic benefits, did not outweigh the less than substantial harm to the setting and significance of the Scheduled Monument
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 3Policy 7Policy 12Policy 21Policy 23Policy 24saved Policy 14 of the Restormel Local Plan 2001-2011 (RLP)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Cala Homes (South) Limited v SSCLG [2011] EWCA Civ 639
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
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Cornwall
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Allowed11 August 20266003039Land to the North and South of Trerice Farmhouse, Trerice Dairy Farm and Green Meadows, St Dennis, St. Austell, PL26 8EG
- Allowed5 June 20266004079Land North of Carne Farm, Morvah, Pendeen, Penzance, TR19 7TT
- Allowed19 May 20266002503Wheal Do Um Farm, Trewellard, Pendeen, TR19 7SS
- Allowed19 March 20263370949Land at Lanyon Farm, North of Gwinear Lane, Gwinear, Cornwall, TR27 5HE
- Allowed29 January 20263368536Penhale Camp, Camp Road, Holywell Bay, Cornwall , TR8 5PF
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.