NO public hearing on G7 hotel's appeal against order to remove meeting rooms
The Carbis Bay Hotel was told to take down rooms built without planning permission
No public hearing is set to be held to determine enforcement action taken against the G7 summit host hotel which erected buildings without planning permission.
Cornwall Council ordered the Carbis Bay Hotel to remove the buildings and return the land to its original state last November after the hotel withdrew a planning application for the development.
The hotel started work on the buildings in early 2021 claiming that they were required to provide meeting rooms for the G7 summit of world leaders.
The Cabinet Office later said that it had not asked for additional facilities.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson selected the hotel to host the event last summer which saw world leaders travel to Cornwall including US President Joe Biden on his first visit to the UK as president.
After the Carbis Bay Hotel started work on the buildings there were protests from people who were concerned about the damage to the wildlife and environment as well as the lack of planning permission.
Cornwall Council investigated the issue and then the hotel submitted a retrospective planning application for the development.
However, when that was withdrawn in November the council started enforcement action and ordered the hotel to remove the unauthorised development.
The hotel had the right to appeal the enforcement notice and lodged that appeal with the planning inspectorate.
Representations were invited by the planning inspector and it has now been announced that the appeal will be dealt with through written representations.
The planning inspector, Peter Jarratt, carried out a site visit at the Carbis Bay Hotel at the end of last month.
During the site visit the inspector viewed the site and was also permitted to visit any other areas where the development can be viewed from.
However the site visit does not allow any parties involved in the appeal to present any new evidence or debate the issue; it is not an open air hearing.
The inspector will now prepare a report on the site visit and make a decision which will be published on a date yet to be determined.