A1 · Relied on for the scheme, with route evidence

Land between Rudyard Road and Hot Lane, Biddulph Moor

6011103·Staffordshire Moorlands·7 Sept 2026allowed·SMD/2025/0537

Tier label used

Rural Area Larger Villages

What the decision says ¶13

“Biddulph Moor is identified as a larger village, under SMLP Policy SS8”

Why this is cited

Larger-village tier ("most sustainable settlements in the rural areas") plus a walked route (footpaths, lighting, one short gap) and buses; allowed. 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-6011103.md · letter pins-corpus/6011103.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.