Cedar Wood, Seaford Lane, Naunton Beauchamp (1 self-build dwelling PIP)

wychavon-W-26-01828-PIP·Wychavon·14 Sept 2026approved·W/26/01828/PIP

Tier label used

settlement hierarchy (not listed)

The tier sentence (from the case file)

“Naunton Beauchamp is not in the settlement hierarchy (no key services)”

Summary

A one-plot self-build PIP between houses in Naunton Beauchamp, a hamlet with no services, outside any development boundary. The officer found the location unsustainable under TR3 but accepted S5(1)(e) limited infilling within a group of houses. Significant weight was given to an extant PIP for the same plot, and permission in principle was granted. Wychavon refused the Broadway plot the same day because no houses adjoined it.

The location finding

TR3(1)(e): fail. the village has no key services; the bus stop is 2 km away; national speed limit lane with no footway or lighting; "the location of the site is not considered to promote sustainable transport measures"

Why this is cited

Absence from hierarchy and no key services counted against sustainability; approved on extant PIP/self-build. In the register this counts as a case where the tier counted against the site.

Sources

Application on the council planning portal · full decision note · quoted from cases/wychavon-W-26-01828-PIP.md

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