®Planning appeal decision
Land west of road from Trevithick Hill to Edge Corner, Polmassick, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EZ
residential development – erection of three dwellings
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
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 significant harm to rural character and landscape setting, combined with poor accessibility and unsustainability, outweighs the moderate benefits of housing delivery even under the tilted balance test.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery, short-term employment and green space were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance, poor sustainability and accessibility, and conflict with up-to-date development plan policies, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 83, 135, 139, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 (Presumption in favour of sustainable development), Policy 2 (Spatial strategy), Policy 3 (Role and function of places), Policy 7 (Housing in the countryside), Policy 9, Policy 12, Policy 23, Policy 27 (Transport and accessibility), Policy T1 (Sustainable transport), Policy C1 (7)
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.