®Planning appeal decision
Land South East Of Croft House, Wheal Rose, Scorrier, Cornwall, TR16 5DH
Planning appeal 3350459 at Land South East Of Croft House, Wheal Rose, Scorrier, Cornwall, TR16 5DH (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 5 March 2025 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be acceptable having regard to local and national planning policies on the location of new housing.
eco-dwelling, for occupancy by the applicant on land owned by the applicant, adjacent to the applicants current residence. Access to be determined but could, if necessary, be via the existing vehicular access, which would become shared
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- TR16 5DH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be acceptable having regard to local and national planning policies on the location of new housing
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the proposal—its location in open countryside without justification, its unsustainability, and its significant harm to the character and appearance of the area—significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing supply, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
The moderate benefits of housing supply, short-term employment and local spend were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance, the unsustainable location, and conflicts with up-to-date development plan policies, such that the tilted balance did not favour the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 CLPPolicy 2 CLPPolicy 3 CLPPolicy 7 CLPPolicy 12 CLPPolicy 23 CLPPolicy 9 CLPPolicy C1 DPDPolicy T1 DPDPolicy 1 NDPPolicy 4 NDPPolicy 6 NDPPolicy 7 NDP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 8Paragraph 135Paragraph 187
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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