Land off Pickworth Road, Great Casterton (HO11(e) earth-sheltered house)

6010934·Rutland·30 Sept 2026dismissed·2025/0400/FUL

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶10

“the much larger settlement of Stamford”

Summary

An isolated earth-sheltered self-build house in an open field near Great Casterton, proposed as an exceptional-design home under HO11(e). It deliberately copied Field House, allowed on appeal in 2022. The inspector held that a transplanted design is not "truly outstanding" (DL ¶25), that concealing it in an artificial mound would not significantly enhance its setting, and that the access failed on highway safety, ecology and archaeology. Under S5(4) the adverse effects substantially outweighed the benefits. Dismissed.

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. plain.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010934.txt

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