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Allowed24 February 20253353810

21 Sona Merg Close, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3QL

Planning appeal 3353810 at 21 Sona Merg Close, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3QL (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 24 February 2025 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation and living environment for future occupiers.

conversion of annex to dwelling

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Roberts G
Postcode
TR18 3QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation and living environment for future occupiers

What decided it

The Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, engaging paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the NPPF, and as the proposal would result in no adverse impacts, the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies.

The benefits of housing delivery in a sustainable location, making effective use of land, and responding to the housing crisis outweighed any concerns, with no adverse impacts identified to trigger the exception in paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the NPPF.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 12 (2.b.) of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010–2030
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 135

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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