← Service Village Does Not Mean Sustainable

A · The shorthand applied wrongly: tier treated as the answer, no route sentence

The Barn, Tithe Barn Lane, Earlswood (Hockley Heath)

stratford-26-01458-FUL·Stratford-on-Avon·3 Sept 2026approved·26/01458/FUL

Tier label used

local service village

The tier sentence (from the case file)

“within the BUAB of an identified local service village, I am satisfied that the proposals would be in a sustainable location”

The route sentence

There is none. The decision says nothing about the walk, the footway, lighting or the bus service.

Summary

A replacement of a field barn with a self-build house behind a row of cottages at Earlswood, a Green Belt village in Tanworth parish. The officer routed it through GB7(1)(g) as grey belt. The report was scanned and read by OCR. The sustainable-location limb was passed because the footprint lies within the Built-Up Area Boundary. Moderate landscape harm, given substantial weight, was held not to substantially outweigh one home plus self-build benefits. Granted under delegated powers on 3 September 2026.

The location finding

  • GB7(1)(g)(iii): pass. passed in one sentence because the dwelling footprint lies within the BUAB of a Category 3 LSV; no TR3 analysis of routes or services

Why this is cited

SHORTHAND: GB7(1)(g)(iii) passed in one sentence on LSV boundary with no TR3 route analysis; approved. In the register this counts as a case where the tier was treated as the answer on location and the decision contains no route sentence, the shorthand this piece is about.

Sources

Application on the council planning portal · full decision note · quoted from cases/stratford-26-01458-FUL.md

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