A FALMOUTH hotel's hopes of knocking down a set of garages and old staff accommodation to build six mews houses have been dashed.
Cornwall Council has refused The Royal Duchy Hotel in Cliff Road's application to carry out the work on buildings at the back of the hotel, in Emslie Road.
It wanted to demolish the existing nine garages, storage facilities, eight former staff bedrooms and a small maintenance shop in order to build a terrace of six residential mews houses.
A 'before' shot of the garages Picture: CAD Architects/Cornwall Council
Another angle of the proposed houses Picture: CAD Architects/Cornwall Council
Another 'after' shot Picture: CAD Architects/Cornwall Council
But in a decision issued last week, Cornwall Council refused the application saying: "The proposed development, by reason of its form, siting, location and proximity to the existing hotel would result in a cramped form of residential accommodation, with minimal amenity space, which fails to respond positively to local character or add to the overall quality of the surrounding Conservation Area and would cause unacceptable residential amenity impacts."
The application had been opposed by a local residents action group represented Jenna Swanson who said the proposal would result in a cramped and incongruous form of development on this narrow and highly constrained site. The resulting impact would be a proposal that represents overdevelopment of the site, to the detriment of streetscape character and existing and future residential amenity.
Another 'before' shot Picture: CAD Architects/Cornwall Council
The hotel had said that the buildings were no longer needed and that a "small scale, well-mannered residential development" was considered to be the "most appropriate long term use for this site."
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Documents accompanying the planning application stated that the proposed houses would be two and a half storeys in height, although from Emslie Road the terrace would appear as two storey mews houses. On the hotel facing the roof would have be cut back to provide a roof terrace.
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