®Planning appeal decision
Tregoon, Gweek Downs, Gweek, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7AF
Planning appeal 3352495 at Tregoon, Gweek Downs, Gweek, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7AF (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 1 May 2025 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for the proposed erection of two dwellings with reference to the development plan and access to services and facilities.
described on the application form as ‘Construction of two dwellings as an alternative to Class Q Development (PA21/02190), improvements to approved conversion of the blockwork barn and conversion of stone barn to dwelling’
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- TR12 7AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for the proposed erection of two dwellings with reference to the development plan and access to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- If harm is found, whether material considerations, including any fallback position justifies a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the AGLV and rural landscape, combined with the unsustainable location, outweighs the modest housing benefits and the limited weight of the fallback position.
The adverse impact arising from the proposal's conflict with the development plan, particularly the significant harm to the character and appearance of the AGLV, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the very modest benefits from housing delivery and economic benefits when assessed against the Framework policies taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 7Policy 12Policy 21Policy 23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 61Paragraph 73Paragraph 83Paragraph 110Paragraph 187
- Judgments
- R v Secretary of State for the Environment and Havering BC (1998) EnvLR189; Mansell vs Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and others [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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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