Appeal 3368210
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
2 sections
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Section 01
Development description
No verified development description has been extracted from an official decision PDF yet.
Section 02
Reasons
The proposed driveway access would remove a section of grass verge, that contributes to the green character of the highway. The grass verge is a continuous feature along the highway, with only limited driveway access points reserved to the eastern and western ends of the road. The verge acts as both an embankment, connecting to a raised footway and houses at higher land, and a landscape strip that contains a row of street trees. Although no trees would be removed from the verge for the scheme, the grass verge provides structural green value to the streetscene.
The proposed driveway access would result in the loss of a section of the grass verge. The proposal would provide a driveway access and on-plot parking that would include the removal of a section of the walled enclosure. These proposed features, when taken together, would represent development that would be uncharacteristic of housing on the north side of the highway.
It is noted that the submitted photographs demonstrate that the grass verge is, in places, unmaintained. Also, some front gardens on the northern side of the street are enclosed and this reduces some of the sense of spaciousness associated with the otherwise ‘open’ landscaped front gardens. Furthermore, many residential plots to the south of the highway have on-plot parking. These characteristics are noted but do not erode the important characteristics and value of the grass verge and the general absence of on-plot parking. Other development and plots referred to in the grounds of appeal do not inform the characteristics that are local to the site and these therefore have a limited bearing on the merits of the proposal.
It is noted that the proposal is not subject to a highway objection. However, an absence of harm in this respect can only be considered as a neutral factor in the planning balance. The installation of an EV charging point is welcomed. However, this measure, in support of climate change objectives, would not outweigh the identified harm. Furthermore, whilst a new planting area would be created, this would not off-set the adverse effect of the scheme.
Therefore, taking the above points together, the proposal would unacceptably harm the character and appearance of the area and be contrary to the policies cited in the decision notice. The scheme would be contrary to the development plan as a whole and nothing outweighs this.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 390No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 2 October 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 18 September 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3368210
- Application reference
- PA25/01116
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Cornwall Council
- Planning authority code
- E06000052
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder developments
- Appeal type reason
- 1. Refused planning permission
- Appeal reason
- Refusal
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Full
- Jurisdiction
- Transferred
- Link status
- Not Linked
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- Not recorded
- Floor space
- 90 m²
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Not recorded
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 25 June 2025
- Valid date
- 25 June 2025
- Start date
- 2 July 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 28 April 2025
- Appeal decision date
- 2 October 2025
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- No
- Bespoke
- No
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Horizon
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 77296
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21