Cornish Marquees, Higher Trevellas, St Agnes (PIP, two dwellings)

6008432·Cornwall·2 Oct 2026dismissed·PA25/05840

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶29

“ongoing spending and support for local services”

Summary

Permission in principle for two dwellings at a marquee hire yard in a scatter of buildings at Higher Trevellas was dismissed. The inspector found that Trevellas is not a settlement, that the yard is not previously developed land because its hardstanding and use are unauthorised, and that the site would extend a group of buildings and not infill it. With no S5(1) category met, S5(4) applied. Car reliance was given substantial weight and two homes were a modest benefit, so the benefits did not substantially outweigh the harm.

The location finding

TR3: fail. day-to-day services 2.6 km and 3.4 km away along lanes and a classified road largely without footways or lighting; bus stops 300 m away by an unlit route without pavement; local policy T1 consistent with TR3 and the conflict given substantial weight (DL 19-22, 27)

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. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008432.txt

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