®Planning appeal decision
Land south west of Homefield, Greenbottom, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8QL
the proposed erection of up to 2 dwellings
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The site is not sustainably located and lacks safe pedestrian and cycle links to larger settlements with services and facilities, resulting in significant car dependence, which means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits and jobs were outweighed by the significant harm arising from the unsustainable location, lack of accessibility to services and facilities, and conflict with the development plan's hierarchical approach to directing development to appropriate settlements
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 129, 135, 139
Plan policies cited: CLP Policy 1, CLP Policy 2, CLP Policy 3, CLP Policy 7, CLP Policy 9, CLP Policy 12, CLP Policy 21, CLP Policy 23, NP Policy H1, NP Policy E6
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.