A “dangerous” application for a dozen new homes on a single track lane in Penryn was slammed by Penryn Town Council this week.

Chair of town planning Mark Snowdon described the scheme, which calls for 12 new homes on land at Packsaddle, as “an accident waiting to happen” and “morally wrong.”

It follows on the back of a previous application from Colin Coade and the Enys Estate that was withdrawn late last year.

“This is a fresh application, there are a few things changed, they have altered the layout of the site,” Mr Snowdon said.

“But what concerns me more than anything else is the entrance.”

Councillor Ted Wilkes, who was re-appointed as vice chair of planning at the start of the meeting, echoed Mr Snowdon’s concerns.

“The access going in and out of there will be very dangerous because that’s a very quiet lane, it’s very narrow and very steep,” he said.

BELOW: A map showing the land earmaked for development

At the time of writing, nine letters of objection had been lodged with Cornwall Council over the application with some even claiming that photographs had been altered to deceive planners.

“The photographs showing the access of the site are deceptive,” said Nicola Coleman who lives nearby.

They “have been stretched to make the access junction look wider, longer and with less of a gradient,” she said, “this has been deliberately done to mislead.”

Local photographer Phil Starkey said granting permission would lead to the loss of “yet another glorious area of where I live that provides me with an income.”

“Green spaces in Penryn are rapidly in decline due to so many applications being granted,” she said, “it would be good to think that for once [the council] will listen to the views of the local people and register how removing areas like this directly affects them, their businesses and their leisure.”

BELOW: The photographs showing access to the site, which objector Nicola Coleman described as "deceptive"

Falmouth Packet:

Penryn town council’s planning committee resolved to recommend refusal on the scheme, which would see six three-bed and two four-bed bungalows built alongside a new block of four apartments on land previously used for forestry.

Councillors drew attention to the site’s poor access and raised concerns that no feasibility study had been carried out into the potential for affordable housing |provision as part of the development.

Cornwall Council will now make the final decision.

Packet readers can view and comment on the application (number PA13/05010) by clicking here.