Idson Farm, Idson Lane, Stogursey

6010090·Somerset·18 Sept 2026dismissed·3/32/25/001

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶17

“supporting local services and”

Summary

Retention of a static caravan in open countryside near Stogursey as temporary accommodation for a Hinkley Point C worker. Dismissed. The site is outside any defined settlement and is an isolated home, so it is outside S5(1)(j) (not well-related to a settlement) and fails S5(3)/HO11. The small benefits came nowhere near the S5(4) "exceptional circumstances" test. The inspector also found a TR6(4) highway safety conflict that was not in the council's reasons.

The location finding

TR3: fail. occupier may walk/cycle to Hinkley but still reliant on car for supermarkets and other services (DL 10)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010090.txt

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