®Planning appeal decision
Land Adj to 20 Trevue Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7AD
Planning appeal 3351376 at Land Adj to 20 Trevue Road, Camborne, Cornwall, TR14 7AD (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 29 January 2025 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to its impact on the retention of existing preserved trees.
Construction of a new dwelling on a triangular area of land adjacent to 20 Trevu Road
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- TR14 7AD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to its impact on the retention of existing preserved trees
What decided it
The proposed dwelling's proximity to preserved trees 748 and 749 would inevitably create pressure for their removal or significant pruning, resulting in significant harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area and conflict with evolved national and local policies on tree retention and climate change mitigation, which outweighed the modest housing and economic benefits.
The modest benefits of housing provision (one unit), short-term employment and local spend were insufficient to outweigh the significant harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area, the loss of trees' contribution to climate change mitigation and biodiversity, and the conflict with the development plan policies when read as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy C1 (Climate Emergency Development Plan Document)Policy G3 (Climate Emergency Development Plan Document)Policy 1 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030)Policy 2 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030)Policy 12 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030)Policy 23 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030)Policy 24 (Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010-2030)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202Paragraph 210Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 136Paragraph 139
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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