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

conversion of annex to dwelling

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 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.

Framework references: 11, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy 12 (2.b.) of the Cornwall Local Plan Strategic Policies 2010–2030

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