East of England

Appeal: Brokenshire overrules inspector to refuse 225 homes on Hoo Peninsula

09.11.2018

The housing secretary has refused permission for a major housing scheme in Kent against the advice of his inspector, citing the scheme’s failure to ‘offer a genuine choice of transport modes...

Appeal: Appellant’s settlement boundary criticism is ‘far from convincing’

09.10.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | Housing | NPPF | ppg | settlement boundaries

An inspector has dismissed plans for eight homes in rural Norfolk, rejecting the appellant’s argument that the council’s settlement boundaries policy conflicted with national guidance.

Heybridge homes plan to be reconsidered without flood scheme

27.09.2018

Huw Morris

East of England | Housing

Maldon District Council will redetermine a proposal for more than 1,100 homes after the developer removed a flood alleviation scheme from the original successful application.

Hybrid application submitted for Bishop’s Stortford community

27.09.2018

Huw Morris

Bishop's Stortford | East of England | Housing

Developer Countryside has submitted a hybrid planning application to East Hertfordshire District Council for a 750-home sustainable community to the south of Bishop’s Stortford.

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Appeal: NHS sign would harm amenity of award-winning building

21.09.2018

Matt Moody

A plan to install a sign displaying the NHS logo on the front façade of a RIBA award-winning research building at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital has been rejected for harm to the building's ‘visual...

Appeal: 175 homes blocked after High Court revokes permission

18.09.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for 175 homes in Essex have been refused after the High Court quashed a previous inspector’s decision to approve the scheme in light of a legal challenge by Tendring District Council.

Appeal: 64-home scheme will see double housing allocation built

10.09.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | Housing | housing allocation | spatial strategy

A housing scheme that would bring the total number of homes planned in Heacham, Norfolk, to double the number allocated in the local development plan can go ahead, an inspector has ruled.

Appeal: Temporary accommodation allowed at stricken alpaca farm

06.09.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | East of England | Planning Law | rural worker's dwelling

An inspector has granted temporary permission for a mobile home at an alpaca farm to enable closer supervision in light of the herd’s recent ill health, and has awarded costs against the council for...

Appeal: Traveller pitch refused despite human rights harm

05.09.2018

Matt Moody

accessibility | Demographics & Population Growth | East of England | human rights | traveller pitches

An inspector has refused permission for a traveller pitch in Norfolk because of its inaccessible location, despite ‘serious interference’ with the human rights of the appellant and his seven-year...

Appeal: 200-home scheme is incompatible with spatial strategy

04.09.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | Housing | NPPF revision | settlement boundaries | spatial strategy

Plans for 200 homes in Norfolk have been refused for conflict with the local development plan, after an inspector found ‘nothing novel or onerous’ in the requirements of its spatial strategy....

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