®Planning appeal decision
Greenhill House, Delaware Road, Drakewalls Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9AS
Planning appeal 3355705 at Greenhill House, Delaware Road, Drakewalls Gunnislake, Cornwall, PL18 9AS (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 13 June 2025 by Inspector Kent R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location having regard to the development plan's strategy for the distribution of new housing.
construction of a two -storey, detached dwellinghouse, using existing access to highway
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Kent R
- Postcode
- PL18 9AS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location having regard to the development plan's strategy for the distribution of new housing
What decided it
The site's location outside a defined settlement with inadequate sustainable access means the proposal conflicts with the development plan's strategy for distributing housing to sustainable locations, and this conflict significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of providing an additional dwelling and enabling heritage restoration works.
The moderate benefits of providing an additional energy-efficient dwelling, enabling restoration of World Heritage Site structures, and moderate economic benefits were outweighed by the substantial harm caused by conflict with development plan policies promoting sustainable development and directing housing to sustainable locations, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- NDP policy HP1NDP policy HP3CLP policy 1CLP policy 2CLP policy 3CLP policy 7CLP policy 24Climate Emergency Development Plan Document 2023 policy C1Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Management Plan 2020-2025 policy C1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 232
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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