Three Acres Farm, The Common, South Creake

6010354·King's Lynn and West Norfolk·16 Sept 2026dismissed·26/00461/F

Tier label used

Tier 5

The tier sentence ¶9

“a rural village in Tier 5 of the Settlement Hierarchy”

Summary

A self-build chalet bungalow in a loose rural enclave 1.7 km from South Creake, offered in exchange for surrendering a Class Q approval for two dwellings. Dismissed. The mixed-use enclave was not a "group of houses", so S5(1)(e) infill failed. On S5(4), the modest travel benefit of one fewer home was outweighed by prominent harm to the countryside character. Under the ordinary fallback test, the Class Q scheme was less harmful, so DP3(3) gave "a clear directive to dismiss".

Why this is cited

Tier 5, outside boundary: LP02 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/6010354.txt

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