®Planning appeal decision
Land East Of Westward Ho Main Road, Ashton, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9SD
Planning appeal 3371654 at Land East Of Westward Ho Main Road, Ashton, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9SD (Cornwall Council) was dismissed on 18 March 2026 by Inspector Wyborn D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the development plan would support the proposal in this location.
the erection of 4 dwellings with a new access off the A394 and incorporating a new access to the dwelling approved under PA24/04270
- Authority
- Cornwall Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wyborn D
- Postcode
- TR13 9SD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the development plan would support the proposal in this location
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether or not the scheme would provide future occupants with a safe and suitable pedestrian route to the village
What decided it
The absence of a safe and suitable pedestrian route to the village, combined with the site's location close enough to tempt occupants to walk but lacking the necessary infrastructure, posed an unreasonable and unacceptable safety hazard that substantially outweighed the housing benefits even under the tilted balance.
The moderate benefits of four additional dwellings and effective use of a windfall site were substantially outweighed by the cumulative harms: substantial weight to highway safety harm, moderate weight to character and appearance harm, and limited weight to locational policy conflict, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 2 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 3 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 7 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 12 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 21 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 22 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 23 of the Cornwall LPPolicy 27 of the Cornwall LPPolicy S1 of the Breage NPPolicy S3 of the Breage NPPolicy E2 of the Breage NP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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