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Notice upheld29 July 20263364019

2 Battery Terrace, Mevagissey, St. Austell, PL26 6QS

Planning appeal 3364019 at 2 Battery Terrace, Mevagissey, St. Austell, PL26 6QS (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 29 July 2026 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the platform and the effect of the array on the Cornwall National Landscape, the setting of Mevagissey Conservation Area and the setting of listed buildings.

Without planning permission, the construction of a timber, concrete and gravel raised platform and solar panel array

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
utilities-energy · Householder developments
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
PL26 6QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the platform and the effect of the array on the Cornwall National Landscape, the setting of Mevagissey Conservation Area and the setting of listed buildings

What decided it

The significant harm to the Cornwall National Landscape and less than substantial harm to the setting of Mevagissey Conservation Area, which are not outweighed by the modest public benefits of renewable energy generation.

The modest public benefits of renewable energy generation do not outweigh the significant harm to the Cornwall National Landscape and less than substantial harm to the setting of Mevagissey Conservation Area

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 2Policy 12Policy 23Policy 24Policy D1Policy D5Policy EG3Policy C1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 187Paragraph 189Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 213
Judgments
Barnwell Manor Wind Energy Limited v (1) East Northamptonshire District Council (2) English Heritage (3) National Trust (4) SSCLG [2014] EWCA Civ 137; North Norfolk D.C. v. SSCLG and Mack [2014] EWHC 279 (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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