Land east of Hockerton Road, Upton

6010301·Newark and Sherwood·17 Aug 2026dismissed·26/00382/PIP

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy

The tier sentence ¶8

“The Council’s spatial strategy is based upon the settlement hierarchy in Spatial”

Summary

PIP for 1-5 dwellings on a field at the edge of Upton, inside the conservation area, where the council had only 3.84 years' supply. Dismissed. The decision is dated 17 August 2026, the day the new Framework took effect, but it was reasoned entirely under the December 2024 Framework: paragraph 11(d)(i), footnote 7, "less than substantial harm" and "great weight". The new Framework is not mentioned.

Why this is cited

Hierarchy focuses development where services most accessible; site outside: against. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010301.txt

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