East of England

Appeal: Need for flood refuge scuppers annex independence plan

12.07.2019

An inspector has turned down plans to use an annex ancillary to a two-storey home in Norfolk as a standalone residence because occupiers of the annex would be at risk from flooding if they could not use the...

Appeal: Inspector sets precedent on councils’ self-build provision

10.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved 30 self-build plots on land near Woodville, Derbyshire, citing the council’s failure to demonstrate that the 133 single dwellings it had already approved met the legal definition of...

£15m fund will use historic buildings to transform high streets

02.07.2019

Lydia Till

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has announced the Transforming Places Through Heritage fund, which aims to reinvigorate England’s high streets and town centres into thriving hubs of community through the redevelopment of local historic buildings.

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Appeal: Inspector sinks crowdfunded restoration plans for historic pier

14.06.2019

Matt Moody

A community group that raised money to buy a historic railway pier in Suffolk has seen its plans to build a café and visitor centre on the pier to fund its restoration rejected by an inspector, who was...

Appeal: Brokenshire blocks 1,500 homes near Braintree

14.06.2019

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has refused plans to build 1,500 homes between Braintree and Rayne, a nearby village, ruling that the scheme would ‘appreciably diminish the sense of separation’ between the settlements...

Nations and regions focus 2019: East of England

05.06.2019

The Planner

What’s happening in the East of England? Here’s a round-up of key projects and events in the region in 2019.

Yarmouth river crossing to be examined by inspectorate

29.05.2019

Laura Edgar

A proposed scheme for a new highway crossing of the River Yare in Great Yarmouth has been accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate.

6,500 homes approved in Cambridgeshire

15.05.2019

Laura Edgar

South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee has backed outline plans to develop the former Waterbeach Barracks site.

Appeal: Poor online marketing prevents B&B conversion

14.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a struggling bed-and-breakfast in East Sussex into a home, agreeing with the council that the business could be revived through ‘a better attempt’ at online...

Appeal: Community management of listed pub ‘not viable’

09.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for the residential conversion of a listed pub in Essex despite protests from a local community group, ruling that the group’s plans to refurbish and run the pub had not been...

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