Planning appeal decision
Chain Locker, Quay Street, Falmouth, TR11 3HH
Planning appeal 3356042 at Chain Locker, Quay Street, Falmouth, TR11 3HH (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 11 July 2025 by Inspector Bristow T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the scheme in respect of historic significance.
Festoon lighting & associated festoon posts, new additional planters to perimeter & associated planting to provide natural screening to boundary, 3no. new 4 x 4m parasols/jumbrellas, 8no. new millboard tables & gabion stools
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bristow T
- Postcode
- TR11 3HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the scheme in respect of historic significance
What decided it
The scheme's permanent, modern design and materials would harm the historic integrity and setting of the listed buildings and conservation area, and the limited public benefits of improved pub viability did not provide clear and convincing justification for this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LPSP policy 2LPSP policy 12LPSP policy 24FNP policy DG3FNP policy DG6FNP policy DG7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215
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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