Land opposite Camel Valley Cottages, Dunmere Road, Bodmin

6007179·Cornwall·17 Aug 2026dismissed·PA22/00580

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶8

“public transport links to surrounding larger settlements”

Summary

One dwelling in a dispersed roadside group near Bodmin was dismissed. The group was not a settlement for "rounding off" purposes, and walking to bus stops meant using a busy road with no pavement. The letter is dated 17 Aug 2026, the day the new Framework took effect, but applies the 2024 ¶11(d)(ii) tilted balance with a 3.9-year supply and does not mention the new Framework.

The location finding

TR3: fail. bus stops and Camel Trail reachable only along busy road with no pavement, unlit trail; heavily reliant on private vehicles (DL 8-11, 18)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. plain description.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6007179.txt

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