Land off Shire Lane, Hurst Green (self-build PIP)

6009691·Ribble Valley·24 Sept 2026dismissed·3/2026/0159

Tier label used

Principal and Tier 1 settlements

The tier sentence ¶7

“directs them first to the strategic sites and Principal and Tier 1 settlements”

Summary

Permission in principle for up to three self-build homes on a smallholding outside Hurst Green, in the Forest of Bowland National Landscape, was dismissed on an appeal planning officer's recommendation. The site's access to the village and bus is by an unlit lane with no footway, so it was not well related to the settlement. The houses and curtilages would urbanise an unspoilt landscape. Self-build and over-55 need were unevidenced and unsecured, so the benefits carried limited weight.

The location finding

TR3: fail. mapped (TR3 not named; CC2 cited) - services in Hurst Green within walking distance but road unlit with no segregated footway, unattractive "by all users"; bus route 5 to Clitheroe also needs the unlit walk (DL 10, 21)

Why this is cited

Site not a Principal/Tier 1 settlement: against. The route failed too: services in Hurst Green within walking distance but the road is unlit with no segregated footway. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site (and the route was decisive too).

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009691.txt

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