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B · Used against the scheme

Adj Grassmere, Horseman Side, Navestock (self-build dwelling in garden)

6009849·Brentwood·28 Sept 2026allowed·25/01260/OUT

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

What the decision says ¶18

“the appeal site does not fall within any of the identified settlements within the hierarchy”

Why this is cited

Unlisted and remote lanes: conflict found; self-build allowed anyway. In the register this counts as a case where the tier was used against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · case file cases/PINS-6009849.md · letter pins-corpus/6009849.txt

One entry in a register of 170 decisions that use a settlement-tier label, each read at every matching passage and classified by how the label influenced the decision. The quotation was checked against the source named above. Not legal advice.