Land Opposite Camel Valley Cottages, Dunmere Road, Bodmin, PL31 2RD

Planning appeal 6007179 at Land Opposite Camel Valley Cottages, Dunmere Road, Bodmin, PL31 2RD (Cornwall) was dismissed on 17 August 2026 by Inspector S Harrington, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal, having particular regard to the local development strategy and access to services and facilities.

the erection of a detached dwelling and the installation of a sewage treatment plant

Authority: Cornwall
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: S Harrington
Postcode: PL31 2RD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal, having particular regard to the local development strategy and access to services and facilities

What decided it

The site's location in the countryside outside any settlement, combined with the lack of safe and suitable pedestrian access to services and facilities, making future occupiers heavily reliant on private vehicles, constitutes a significant adverse impact that substantially and demonstrably outweighs the modest housing benefit of a single dwelling.

The adverse impacts of locating the proposal in an unsustainable location contrary to the spatial strategy and requiring reliance on private vehicles for access to services, despite the identified housing land supply shortfall, substantially and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of housing delivery and economic activity from a single dwelling.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 3Policy 7Policy 1Policy 2Policy 21Policy 27Policy C1Policy T1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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