Planning appeal decision
Apple Tree Cottage , Laity Moor, Ponsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HR
Planning appeal 3371014 at Apple Tree Cottage , Laity Moor, Ponsanooth, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HR (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Roberts G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the appeal site's location within the St Gluvias Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV).
proposed rear extension
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Roberts G
- Postcode
- TR3 7HR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the appeal site's location within the St Gluvias Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
What decided it
The extension would be largely screened from public views and would not result in significant harm to the character and appearance of the area or the AGLV due to its rear location, appropriate scale relative to the host, and the substantial mature planting and trees surrounding the site.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2Policy 12Policy 23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 131Paragraph 135
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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