Planning appeal decision
Trevelo Cottage, Three Burrows, Blackwater, Cornwall, TR4 8HX
Planning appeal 3350638 at Trevelo Cottage, Three Burrows, Blackwater, Cornwall, TR4 8HX (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 25 April 2025 by Inspector Jones M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with reference to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site and Trevelo Cottage as a non-designated heritage asset.
the erection of an extension to the main dwelling house to provide additional living accommodation
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones M
- Postcode
- TR4 8HX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with reference to the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site and Trevelo Cottage as a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The proposed extensions would have an acceptable effect on the character and appearance of the area and the heritage assets by conforming to the historic narrative of mineworker's smallholdings and the pattern of multiple cottages that once occupied the site.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 12Policy 23Policy 24Policy C1Policy E1Policy E4(a)Policy E4(b)Policy P3Policy C2Policy C3Policy C8Policy C9
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.
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