®Planning appeal decision
2 Battery Terrace, Mevagissey, ST. AUSTELL, PL26 6QS
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
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
Framework references: 187, 189, 202, 212, 213
Plan policies cited: Policy 2, Policy 12, Policy 23, Policy 24, Policy D1, Policy D5, Policy EG3, Policy C1
Judgments cited: 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)
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