Land North of A507, West of A10, Buntingford

6008238·East Hertfordshire·24 Sept 2026allowed·3/24/0966/OUT

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶46

“potential to access local services”

Summary

An inquiry into up to 600 homes plus 60 elderly units, a local centre and a country park on 50 ha of arable land west of the A10 at Buntingford, East Hertfordshire. The site is outside the settlement but was found "physically well related" under S5(1)(j)(i), because the A10 runs largely in cutting and the scheme adds bridges and a toucan crossing. Supply is 2.21 to 2.88 years. A package of lit paths, bridges, a shared route and in-site bus services passed TR3. Limited landscape, PROW, BMV and low-level Grade II* setting harm did not substantially outweigh the "very substantial" benefits. Allowed.

The location finding

TR3: pass. services within 2 km; Connectivity Tool 45, district band B; lit and widened PROW 35/36, new stepped footbridge and active-travel bridge, shared route on Baldock Road, bus services 331 (30-minute), 18 and 37 into the site, travel plan; "genuine choice" found (DL 59-94)

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. condition wording.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008238.txt

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