Land at Mill Road, Whitfield

6009818·West Northamptonshire·2 Sept 2026dismissed·2026/0210/FULL

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶14

“Policy SS1 which relates to the settlement hierarchy”

Summary

A retrospective "agricultural" timber store on grassland at the edge of Whitfield was dismissed. Agriculture is an S5(1)(a) category. But the appellant gave no clear evidence of the scale of the farming activity, so "it is not realistically possible to quantity the benefits" (DL ¶16). The domestic-looking design (UPVC windows and doors) meant those unquantified benefits were substantially outweighed (DL ¶17).

Why this is cited

Agricultural building; SS1 found not relevant. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009818.txt

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