Tier label used
Principal and Tier 1 settlements
The tier sentence ¶5
“directs them first to the strategic sites, Principal and Tier 1 settlements”
Summary
Permission in principle for a self-build house replacing a barn in open countryside near Whalley, reached from a 70 mph dual carriageway with no footways. Dismissed on the recommendation of an appeal planning officer: the site is not physically well related to Barrow under S5(1)(j)(i) because of its poor accessibility, and future occupiers would be heavily car reliant.
The location finding
- TR3: harm. access via 70 mph dual carriageway with no footways; bus stop requires walking alongside and crossing it; heavy car reliance (DL 6, 16); TR3 not named, harm framed as conflict with policies "geared around reducing the need to travel"
Why this is cited
Not a Principal/Tier 1 settlement: against. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.
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