Home Farm, Main Road, Bevercotes

6007348·Bassetlaw·16 Sept 2026dismissed·25/01203/FUL

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶36

“do not share the same characteristics in terms of settlement hierarchy”

Summary

Three houses replacing run-down farm buildings between existing houses in the tiny unlisted hamlet of Bevercotes, in open Nottinghamshire countryside. Dismissed. The inspector accepted the scheme as limited infilling within a group of houses under S5(1)(e), with no harm to landscape or the conservation area. But the site's very poor accessibility (Connectivity Tool score 13/100, unlit roads with no footway, no real services) was given substantial weight under TR3 and decided the balance.

The location finding

TR3: fail. no footways or lighting, fast rural roads, no evidence of usable bus service; primary school 3 km; Connectivity Tool score 13/100 (DL 27-31, 38-39, 54)

Why this is cited

Used only to distinguish a cited appeal. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6007348.txt

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