B · Tier acknowledged, location decided against on the route
service village
“narrow lanes, service village, station 3+ miles”
“the site cannot be considered as sustainable in terms of public transport provision”
Enforcement appeal against a single-family Gypsy and Traveller pitch (one mobile home, one tourer) in the Metropolitan Green Belt and Kent Downs National Landscape, opposite ancient woodland. The inspector accepted the land as grey belt, noting that footnote 7 has been removed from the definition. On sustainable location, the inspector applied "some flexibility" under HO12 even though the site would have failed GB7(1)(g)(iii) as general housing. National Landscape harm and the policy balance pointed to refusal, but the children's best interests and the unmet pitch need justified a temporary 3-year personal permission, with ancient-woodland remediation and contamination conditions.
Service village noted; remoteness would fail general housing; allowed only via HO12 flexibility for traveller sites. In the register this counts as a case where the tier was acknowledged but the route evidence went against the site and decided the location.
Decision on the Planning Inspectorate casework portal · full decision note · quoted from cases/APP-G2245-C-26-3377906.md