Richard Whitehouse
Local Democracy Reporting Service

A developer's request to lift a condition on plans to build holiday villas so they can be used as permanent homes has been deferred.

Cornwall Council's central sub-area planning committee decided to put off the decision on the application so that it can wait for the Newquay Neighbourhood Development Plan, which is still being agreed.

Planning permission for seven holiday villas was granted on the site of the former Paradise Cove Hotel in Alexandra Road, Newquay, more than a decade ago.

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The former Restormel Borough Council, planning authority at the time, approved plans to build the holiday villas in 2007 with a condition that they only be used as holiday homes.

An extension for the planning permission was granted by Cornwall Council earlier this year before an application was made to lift the holiday accommodation condition.

The committee heard that the proposed development was made up of seven self-contained units which have all the facilities needed to be used as homes.

Sophie Pierce
BBC Radio Devon

In the last few years, there have been a number of demonstrations around the region by people trying to save cottage hospital beds from being closed, but in most cases it has not made much difference.

In Dartmouth, campaigners have been drawing on local expertise to come up with their own plan to try to bring some beds back.

They are meeting with senior NHS managers and Devon County Council to see if between them they come up with a solution.

Linda Goss is from the Dartmouth Area Healthcare Action group...

NHS England has previously said it wanted to concentrate on giving patients better care in the community to compensate for the hospital cuts.

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