®Planning appeal decision
Jubilee House, Fore Street, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 5QJ
Planning appeal 3354321 at Jubilee House, Fore Street, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 5QJ (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 2 April 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.
erection of three dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- PL14 5QJ
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
- the effect of the development on the World Heritage Site
- whether the proposal has adequately considered the implications for trees and habitats
What decided it
The proposal's location in open countryside outside the settlement boundary, combined with significant harm to character and appearance and the World Heritage Site, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing delivery, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
The moderate benefits of three residential units and short-term construction employment were outweighed by significant harm to character and appearance, conflict with up-to-date development plan policies, less than substantial harm to the World Heritage Site, and unresolved concerns about trees and habitats, resulting in dismissal despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 CLPPolicy 2 CLPPolicy 3 CLPPolicy 7 CLPPolicy 9 CLPPolicy 12 CLPPolicy 21 CLPPolicy 23 CLPPolicy 24 CLPPolicy C1 DPDPolicy C1(7) DPDPolicy C9 MP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 61Paragraph 136Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 215
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1082 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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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