Holiday cabins that would have had a 'huge impact' on the countryside above Swanpool Beach have been refused.

D.C. Hughes Falmouth Limited had applied to Cornall Council to build six holiday cabins with access roads, parking and levelling of land to the east of Falmouth Golf Club on Swanpool Road.

The company linked to Falmouth Golf Club wanted the cabins to use for weddings and events allowing guests to stay at the site.

What the proposed cabins could have looked like

What the proposed cabins could have looked like

They said the accommodation would be screened by existing site boundaries and additional vegetation. The units would be single storey with natural cedar cladding and in their view the nature of the units would not affect the current AONB and could be removed and lifted from the site and the land returned to agricultural use if needed.

But the plans were slammed and recommended for refusal by Falmouth Town Council's planning committee when they met in December saying they would have a huge impact on the area.

The neighbourhood plan committee also objected saying that the site was in a prominent position and would be clearly visible from the South West Coast Path.

The case officer said he had visited the site and he did have concerns about the effect the development would have on the AONB in visual terms in regards to the scenic beauty of the area and it would result in encroachment into the countryside and the AONB.

A sateliite image of the site.

A sateliite image of the site.

Now Cornwall Council has made a final decision on the application and comprehensively refused it on the grounds it would result in the development of land identified as 'high value' in the neighbourhood development plan.

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That it would result in the loss of an area of good agricultural land. That the site is situated in a highly prominent and high up coastal site overlooking Falmouth Bay and within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and that it would be visible in close views from all directions and positions.

They also refused it on the grounds it would mean buildings, roads, paths, car parking being built in an AONB and it would not be sympathetic to the landscape and failed to "conserve and enhance" it.