Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Lower Town Barn, Trewidland, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 4ST
Planning appeal 3354463 at Land East Of Lower Town Barn, Trewidland, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 4ST (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 24 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 housing.
construction of a single, part two storey, detached dwellinghouse (including demolition of non agricultural building of 220 sqm), using existing access to highway
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- PL14 4ST
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 housing
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with up-to-date Neighbourhood Development Plan policies HO1 and HO2 that restrict market housing outside defined settlement boundaries, and paragraph 14 of the NPPF provides that such conflict is likely to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
The moderate benefits of one residential unit and short-term construction employment were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the conflict with up-to-date development plan policies that form part of a planned strategy for housing growth within defined settlement boundaries
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HO1Policy HO2Policy 1Policy 2Policy 3Policy 9Policy 12Policy 21Policy 23Policy LC1Policy LC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 14Paragraph 89Paragraph 124
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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