Orchard View, Gallows Green Road, Great Easton

6008739·Uttlesford·3 Sept 2026dismissed·UTT/25/3095/FUL

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶15

“located close to key services and”

Summary

A self-build house on the grassed side curtilage at the end of a small hamlet near Great Easton was dismissed. It was not "limited infilling within groups of houses", because it adjoined built form on one side only and extended the hamlet. With a 4.77-year supply, S5(1)(j) was engaged, but the site was not physically well-related to a settlement. So S5(4) applied. Poor access to services (significant harm) and an urbanising DP3(3) conflict (moderate harm) outweighed a single unsecured self-build home.

The location finding

TR3: fail. TR3(1)(a) not relevant for one dwelling, but reliance on car contrary to plan-led sustainable development; farm shop 1 mile; bus stops over 30 min walk with no evidenced footway or lighting (DL 11-12, 37)

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. policy wording; no tier.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008739.txt

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