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Notice varied and upheld24 January 20253351281

St Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9SS

Planning appeal 3351281 at St Giles on the Heath, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9SS (Torridge District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 24 January 2025 by Inspector Curnow R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the development accords with national and local policy.

Change of use of the land from agricultural to the mixed use of storage and distribution (originally alleged as Use Class B8) and agricultural use

Authority
Torridge District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Curnow R
Postcode
PL15 9SS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location of the development accords with national and local policy
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The limited economic and social benefits of the storage and distribution businesses did not outweigh the significant, unmitigable harm to the rural character and appearance of the area and the conflict with countryside economic development policies.

The limited economic and social benefits of the storage and distribution businesses did not outweigh the harm to the Council's countryside policy approach and the significant harm to the character and appearance of the area

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM12Policy ST06Policy ST07Policy ST11Policy DM14Policy DM15Policy DM04Policy DM08APolicy ST04Policy ST14Policy ST01Policy DM08
Judgments
Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest DC [1972] 1 WLR 1207

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