®Planning appeal decision
Tregoon, Gweek Downs, Gweek, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7AF
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 61, 73, 83, 110, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 2, Policy 7, Policy 12, Policy 21, Policy 23
Judgments cited: 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
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