Land adjoining The Ridings, Singleborough

6008773·Buckinghamshire·29 Sept 2026dismissed·PL/25/4181/PIP

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy (Table 2); Settlement Hierarchy Assessment

The tier sentence ¶9

“Singleborough is not listed within Table 2 and is therefore not where development is directed towards”

Summary

Permission in principle for one house on an open gap in Singleborough, a hamlet with a bus only twice a month and no footway. The site counted as limited infilling under S5(1)(e), and the restrictive spatial strategy got very limited weight. But developing the gap would harm the conservation area and the settings of two listed buildings, and occupiers would be almost wholly car-reliant. Through the S5(2) trigger and TR3, the benefits were substantially outweighed. Dismissed.

The location finding

TR3: conflict. TR3 read as a whole for one dwelling - significant-movement limb not engaged but general sustainable-movement principles are; almost total car reliance (DL 30, 32)

Why this is cited

Unlisted in the hierarchy; the Settlement Hierarchy Assessment scoring was discussed but could not rescue it. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008773.txt

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