THE planning application seeking to change the use of Launceston’s Eagle House Hotel to residential has been withdrawn.

The application had been due to be discussed by Cornwall Council’s East Sub-Area planning committee on Monday, August 24. It had been recommended for approval with conditions.

Alexander Dunlavey from Eagle House Hotel said they did not wish to comment on the withdrawal of the application.

A feasibility study submitted to Cornwall Council as supporting information to the planning application stated that the current use as a hotel, which offers 12 bedrooms with 24 bed spaces, ‘is no longer viable’.

The Post has previously reported that the Grade II* listed property was built in about 1760 as a residential property and became a guest house in the early 1960s.

Arthur Vennings’s ‘The Book of Launceston’, 1976, states that Eagle House was built by Coryndon Carpenter. His family had lived at Dockacre and, as Constable of the Castle, he was in a good position to secure a site in Castle Street.

He bought a lottery ticket and gave it to his fiancee. It came up, to the tune of £10,000, a vast sum in those days, and he promptly married the girl and built the house.

A change of use application for the hotel submitted to Cornwall Council last May was refused, as it was considered ‘the loss of the hotel will have an adverse impact on the vitality and viability of the town centre and an adverse impact on the tourism offer within the town, whilst resulting in the loss of a community facility’.

The hotel is listed for sale for £650,000 with agents Stonesmith.

CORNWALL Council’s East Sub-Area planning committee, which met on Monday at Liskeard, approved a planning application for the construction of a new dwelling house at land south of Little Hendra, Trenale, Tintagel.

The committee also approved an outline application for three new dwellings, garages and new access at land south west of Chynoweth, Kilkhampton, subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement in respect of making an offsite financial contribution towards provision of affordable housing.

An application for minor material changes to the approved development of 30 retirement living apartments on the site of the former St Hilary’s residential home in Bude was also approved, subject to the completion of a deed of modification of the legal agreement.

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week’s edition of the Post.