®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Road From Trevithick Hill to Edge Corner, Polmassick, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EZ
Planning appeal 3352006 at Land West of Road From Trevithick Hill to Edge Corner, Polmassick, St Austell, Cornwall, PL26 6EZ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 12 February 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.
residential development – erection of three dwellings
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- PL26 6HA
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- 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 9Policy 12Policy 23Policy 27 (Transport and accessibility)Policy T1 (Sustainable transport)Policy C1 (7)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 83Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 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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