Planning appeal decision
The Old Pine Workshop, Skate Park Lane, Mount Hawke, Cornwall, TR4 8BQ
Planning appeal 3348536 at The Old Pine Workshop, Skate Park Lane, Mount Hawke, Cornwall, TR4 8BQ (Cornwall Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 29 April 2026 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d)).
Material change of use of land from nil use to mixed use comprising residential and light industrial (Class E(g)(iii)) through creation of a live/work unit
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
- Postcode
- TR4 8BQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d))
- Whether the period for compliance specified in the notice is reasonable (ground (g))
What decided it
The residential unit and workshop were substantially completed before 20 June 2020, making them immune from enforcement action, requiring correction of the notice; and 16 months provides proportionate time for compliance under the Human Rights Act 1998.
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