Matt Moody

Appeals round-up: Wording of revised NPPF protects pub from conversion; Driving test centre run from hotel room can continue

16.11.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 10 November-16 November 2018

Appeal: Council must pay costs for using ‘emotive language’ in refusal

16.11.2018

Matt Moody

antisocial behaviour | appeal costs | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | North East

Sunderland City Council behaved unreasonably in citing antisocial behaviour fears when refusing the conversion of a former HMO to class C2 use, an inspector has ruled, because it used ‘emotive language...

Enforcement: Appellant’s defence of illegal bedsits was ‘deeply unconvincing’

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

enforcement notice | GPDO | inquiry | London | Planning Law

An enforcement notice has been upheld against a builder who argued ‘unconvincingly’ that the four poor-quality self-contained bedsits he had built in his rear garden were for the use of himself,...

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Appeal: Design panel comments outweigh policy in 527-bed student scheme

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for student accommodation in Guildford with a capacity of 553 students despite non-compliance with local design policy, in light of a recommendation from the design review...

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Appeal: 375-home scheme would harm Aylesbury Vale landscape

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | landscape character | South East | tilted balance | visual impact

An inspector has blocked plans for 375 homes near the village of Stoke Mandeville, ruling that the scheme’s benefits could not outweigh the unacceptable harm it would cause to the surrounding...

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