← Service Village, Not Sustainable

A1 · Relied on for the scheme, with route evidence

Land at OS 8339 4949, Upton Road, Callow End (5-9 dwellings PIP)

malvern-M-26-01162-PIP·Malvern Hills·14 Sept 2026refused·M/26/01162/PIP

Tier label used

Category 1 village

What the decision says (from the case file)

“Callow End is a Category 1 village with services and public transport within walking and cycling distance”

Why this is cited

Category 1 accepted for accessibility ("would arguably have a choice"); refused on S5(1)(e). In the register this counts as a case where the tier was relied on for the scheme alongside real route evidence.

Sources

Application on the council planning portal · case file cases/malvern-M-26-01162-PIP.md · quoted from cases/malvern-M-26-01162-PIP.md

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.