Cud Hill House barn, Upton Hill, Upton St Leonards

6005652·Stroud·29 Sept 2026dismissed·S.25/2010/FUL

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶8

“set out the settlement hierarchy for the district”

Summary

Conversion and extension of a stone barn to a self-build home on the Cotswold escarpment, outside any settlement or group of houses. Dismissed. The reuse category in S5(1)(c) appeared to be met, but the home would be isolated. S5(3) therefore routed it to HO11, whose reuse limb requires the scheme to enhance its immediate setting. It would not: the unit would take in a large area of pastureland, causing significant harm to the National Landscape. The walk to the bus was uphill along a road without pavements or lighting. The S5(4) balance was then run and failed.

The location finding

TR3: harm. TR3 not named; uphill walk to the bus stop on a road without pavements or significant lighting, unappealing and "probably not feasible" for some users; car dependence (DL 11-12, 37)

Why this is cited

Hierarchy policy (CP2/CP3) conflict plus unlit, unpaved route to the bus: location decided on the route. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site (and the route was decisive too).

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6005652.txt

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