E · Descriptive only
key services (SS2 criterion)
“rural settlements should include two or more key services”
An outline custom-build bungalow in the rear garden of a house at the loose western edge of East Lambrook, reached by a long new access track. Dismissed. The inspector treated the garden as "likely" part of the settlement, so S4 applied. HO7 (supply only 2.22 years) and W4 (septic tank replacement) each attracted substantial weight. But the backland form failed L2(1)(d)(i) and DP3(1), and DP3(3) was "a key determinative feature". The harm substantially outweighed the benefits, and the result would have been the same under S5(1)(j).
SS2 two-key-services criterion met (pub, church); decided on other matters. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.
Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010393.txt