East Sub-Area Planning Committee - 7 July 2025

**Administrative matters** – The meeting opened with the Democratic Officer’s report on the emergency evacuation and domestic procedures. No declarations of interest were recorded. The minutes of the East Sub‑Area Planning Committee meeting of 9 June 2025 were moved by Councillor O’Keefe, seconded by Councillor Pascoe and resolved to be correctly recorded and signed by the Chairman. Attendance included Tamsin Hemming and Councillor Cole of Menheniot Parish Council, both of whom were permitted to speak; Councillor Smith was absent.

**Application PA25/00675** – The Principal Development Officer presented the development proposal, showing plans and photographs and summarising the key issues. Tamsin Hemming and Councillor Cole spoke against the application, raising questions about the treatment of remaining walls of a listed building, compliance with the Menheniot Neighbourhood Development boundaries, the proximity of a public speaker’s property, and the visibility of historic features. Officers clarified that the design and materials would have an acceptable impact on the setting of the listed building, that the proposal complied with Policy 6 of the Neighbourhood Plan, and that a structural survey supported the scheme. The Committee debated the difficulty of identifying planning reasons for refusal and the need for a construction‑phase condition to protect the local highway and neighbours. The motion moved by Councillor Long and seconded by Councillor O’Keefe was unanimously adopted, resolving that Application PA25/00675 be approved subject to the conditions in the report and an additional condition requiring a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) to be submitted and approved before any development commences. The CTMP must address emergency contact, operating hours, parking, traffic routes, loading/unloading sites, mud and dust mitigation, temporary traffic measures, abnormal load arrangements and communication with staff, visitors and neighbouring residents.

**Application EPL/121 (affordable‑housing scheme)** – The Senior Development Officer outlined the application and recommended that delegated authority be granted to the Chief Planning Officer to approve it, subject to the conditions in the report and the prior completion of a Section 106 agreement securing the proposed affordable housing in perpetuity. Councillor Gibbons noted the absence of additional public comments since the 2023 re‑submission, highlighted parish‑council concerns about footpath construction, solar‑panel installation, grey‑water recycling, the condition of a single‑track road and local water‑pressure strain. Officers clarified that the original scheme for five open‑market dwellings had been approved in November 2023 subject to a Section 106 agreement, but the developers had revised the scheme to deliver 100 % affordable housing through a Registered Provider, exceeding the requirement of Policy 8 of the Cornwall Local Plan. It was also explained that the Neighbourhood Plan did not mandate solar panels or grey‑water recycling, that the application pre‑dated Policy SEC1 of the Climate Emergency, and that highway resurfacing was not a condition of the development but could be pursued separately with the Highways network manager.

**Outcomes and next steps** – The Committee formally approved Application PA25/00675 with the specified conditions and the additional CTMP requirement, and delegated authority to the Chief Planning Officer for the affordable‑housing application, contingent on a Section 106 agreement. Both decisions were recorded without dissent. The minutes note that information relating to appeals was presented, indicating that any subsequent appeal processes will be monitored by the Committee. No further actions were recorded for the items discussed.