Pine Lodge, Chilworth Drove, Chilworth

6009745·Test Valley·17 Aug 2026dismissed·25/02219/FULLS

Tier label used

Key Service Centre

The tier sentence ¶7

“which is designated as a Key Service Centre containing a range of facilities and services”

The route sentence ¶14

“They have no street lighting, and in the main, no footpath.”

Summary

A new market dwelling in a garden 500 m outside Chilworth, reached along unlit, footway-less rural lanes, was dismissed. The decision was issued on 17 August 2026, the day the new Framework took effect, but it is reasoned wholly under the December 2024 Framework. It uses the ¶11(d)(ii) tilted balance with a 2.54-year supply, ¶61, ¶73 and Chapter 12, and does not mention the 2026 Framework at all.

The location finding

TR3: fail. narrow unlit hedged single-track lanes, no footway — "almost wholly dependent upon the car"; applied as 2024 Framework transport objectives (DL 14-18)

Why this is cited

Key Service Centre 500 m away acknowledged; unlit single-track lanes with no footway made occupiers "almost wholly dependent upon the car". Decided under the December 2024 Framework (transitional, DL ¶11), so not a TR3 decision. In the register this counts as a case where the tier was acknowledged but the route evidence went against the site and decided the location.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009745.txt

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