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Allowed29 January 20263371029

Land Adj Stone Cross, St Dominick, Cornwall, PL12 6TF

Planning appeal 3371029 at Land Adj Stone Cross, St Dominick, Cornwall, PL12 6TF (Cornwall Council) was allowed on 29 January 2026 by Inspector Faulkner H, 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 including the Tamar Valley National Landscape.

Hybrid application for erection of 14 dwelling-houses comprising full planning permission for five open market units and five affordable units with access road and associated works, and outline consent for four open market self-build units

Authority
Cornwall Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Faulkner H
Postcode
PL12 6TF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including the Tamar Valley National Landscape
  • the effect of the development on the integrity of European, nationally, and internationally protected sites

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the substantial benefits of housing delivery including affordable units, outweighed the moderate harm to the National Landscape character.

The moderate harm to the character and appearance of the Tamar Valley National Landscape, to which great weight was attached, was outweighed by the substantial benefits of delivering 14 dwellings including affordable housing and self-build units, economic benefits, and the shortfall in housing land supply, resulting in sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1 of the Cornwall Local PlanPolicy 2 of the Cornwall Local PlanPolicy 12 of the Cornwall Local PlanPolicy 23 of the Cornwall Local Plan
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 57

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