The Barn (opposite Lansdowne House), Fordingbridge

6008115·New Forest·21 Sept 2026dismissed·25/10858

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶31

“limited local services”

Summary

The appeal sought to convert a barn in open countryside near Fordingbridge to a house. It was dismissed. New Forest's supply was only 1.53 years and its HDT 48%, so the local countryside policy DM20 got very limited weight. The barn qualified under S5(1)(c). But as an isolated home it also had to satisfy HO11, and it failed. The barn was still in use, and the domestic conversion would not "enhance its immediate setting". The car-dependent location was treated as a DP3(2)(d) failure, and DP3 conflicts "should be refused".

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. no tier; route decided (lane without pavements).

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008115.txt

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