A PLANNING application that prompted neighbours to collect letters of objection to present to Cornwall Council has been withdrawn.
The application had been seeking to change the use of land from a parking area to residential development, including the construction of four town houses, on land west of the former National School building in Launceston.
Some residents attended Launceston Town Council’s November planning committee meeting to raise their concerns — the planning application states the parking area is unused, but the residents claimed it is used.
Objections from residents also included access, highway and safety issues.
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One of the consultees for the application, Historic Environment Planning (Archaeology), had recommended refusal of the application as it stood, before it was withdrawn on November 30.
Their comment to Cornwall Council states: “This proposed development lies within land charaterised as Anciently Enclosed Land with a high probability for the survival of buried archaeological remains. It is also within the Launceston Conservation Area and land identified as once part of the Medieval Deer Park that relates to Launceston Castle.”
They recommended that the applicant commission an archaeological desk-based impact assessment and walk-over survey and a heritage visual impact assessment, with the results presented to them for comment and their recommendations for mitigation before the application was due to be determined.