Hillcott, Duffield Lane, Newborough

6010986·East Staffordshire·19 Aug 2026dismissed·P/2025/00476

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶7

“pedestrian route to local services and facilities”

Summary

Conversion of a detached garage and outbuilding into a separate two-bed dwelling half a mile outside Newborough. Dismissed on sustainable location, because the only walking route is a 40mph unlit B-road with no footway. The letter, recommended by an appeal planning officer, cites "the Framework" generically. It never identifies the 2026 version or applies S5, HO7 or L2. The single home got "very limited" weight and the PDL re-use "limited" weight, below the 2026 "substantial weight" defaults.

The location finding

TR3: fail. half a mile to Newborough along 40mph B5234 with no footway, unlit, high hedges; peak-only buses; letter cites only "the Framework" — code mapped by harvester (DL 6-13)

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. no tier; route decided.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6010986.txt

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