Land adjacent to Arcady, Coryates

6010834·Dorset·18 Sept 2026dismissed·P/FUL/2026/01044

Tier label used

larger settlements / DDBs

The tier sentence ¶9

“the majority of new housing is expected to be accommodated within the larger settlements”

Summary

A self-build bungalow in a garden between two dwellings in the hamlet of Coryates (Dorset National Landscape), outside any development boundary, in a district with a 2.53-year supply. Dismissed. The hamlet has no services and is 2.5 km from Portesham along unlit lanes without footways, so S5(1)(j) failed on "well-related to an existing settlement". The very limited benefits of one house were substantially outweighed. A second reason: no s106 securing self-build status, so the BNG exemption and biodiversity measures could not be relied on.

The location finding

TR3: harm. not cited by code; 2.5 km to Portesham on narrow unlit national-speed-limit lanes with no footways; heavily car-reliant (DL 11)

Why this is cited

Site not in a Defined Development Boundary: 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/6010834.txt

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