← Service Village, Not Sustainable

A1 · Relied on for the scheme, with route evidence

Land off Cheddington Road, Pitstone

6010848·Buckinghamshire·18 Sept 2026dismissed·PL/25/4416/FA

Tier label used

larger village

What the decision says ¶17

“Pitstone is identified as a larger village within the settlement hierarchy and is”

Why this is cited

Tier recited as "a relatively sustainable location" (¶17), then a route analysis at ¶20 (footways, street lighting, gentle topography, regular buses) found accordance with TR3 (¶21); dismissed on other grounds (unexecuted SAC obligation). In the register this counts as a case where the tier was relied on for the scheme alongside real route evidence.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · case file cases/PINS-6010848.md · letter pins-corpus/6010848.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.