East of England

Appeal: Romford scheme would not be ‘profligate’ use of brownfield site

10.01.2019

An inspector has approved plans for the residential-led redevelopment of a brownfield site in Romford, despite acknowledging that eight of the apartments would have a ‘particularly gloomy’...

Appeal: Final section of Denmark electricity interconnector approved

13.12.2018

Matt Moody

A 473-mile undersea electrical cable link between the UK and Denmark can go ahead after an inspector ruled that the scheme’s international energy and climate benefits would outweigh temporary harm to...

Appeal: Health problems do not justify a bungalow in place of lawful caravan

13.12.2018

Matt Moody

A gypsy couple who replaced their council-approved green belt caravan with a bungalow because of their health-related low tolerance to cold weather have been refused retrospective permission by an inspector...

High Court rejects Suffolk parish council bid to block housing scheme

13.12.2018

Huw Morris

Babergh District Council | East Bergholt Parish Council | East of England | Housing | Planning Law

A parish council’s High Court challenge to the granting of planning permission for 229 homes has been dismissed after a judge ruled that it was not unlawful for a local authority to consider potential legal action from developers.

Disused shredded wheat factory plans approved

10.12.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Members of the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s development management committee have approved plans to transform a disused shredded wheat factory in Welywn Garden City into 1,454 new homes, community facilities, leisure, retail and office space.

Appeal: Hamlet's 'declined status' precludes green belt housing

29.11.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | Green Belt | Housing | infill development | traffic

Two houses were not to be, after an inspector ruled that a small settlement in Essex was not a ‘village’ for the purposes of green belt infill development because it had ‘declined in status...

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

09.11.2018

Matt Moody

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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