Contemporary holiday homes on Polzeath Beach
Cornwall
Rural Solutions helped resolve difficulties with planning consent restrictions for proposed development on the extremely prominent site of Polzeath Beach. The proposed scheme sought to demolish an existing property to be replaced with three high quality contemporary houses, designed by award winning Cornish architects - Studio Arc, for use as holiday accommodation.
However, restrictions placed on one of the houses stating it must be used for local occupancy meant the consented scheme did not meet the client’s aspirations. Through a complex planning process culminating in an appeal, we were able to overcome this, allowing all of the three properties to be used for tourism use.
Photography (c) Candelisa
Objective
To achieve a positive appeal decision for the client following the refusal of an application to remove an occupancy condition on the planning approval for the site.
Approach
The site was purchased with an initial application for development having been submitted for two houses and four surf pods. Consent was achieved with the restriction that the pods could only be for holiday accommodation use and there was no requirement for any of the properties to be local occupancy. The submitted design, however, did not meet the new owner's aspirations.
A subsequent planning application was submitted for three houses of contemporary design, retaining some of the features of those previously consented. In 2018 a planning application was approved, however with the unexpected stipulation of a local occupancy restriction on one of the properties.
Through input from Rural Solutions and with legal support the goal was still to achieve three unrestricted properties of a high-quality design standard. In September 2018 another application was submitted to vary a condition on the planning approval for three houses to allow holiday accommodation use on the restricted property, this was refused and then appealed. The appeal was allowed, and planning permission granted for three unrestricted residential units for the purpose of holiday accommodation, with significant value added for the client.
Outcome
Despite a complicated planning case, Rural Solutions were able to create a robust case and ultimately successful case, based on the ‘fall-back’ position for tourism use established by an earlier permission. Together with the high-quality design work of Studio Arc, three properties have been created for the enjoyment of visitors to the stunning location of the Cornish coastline.
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