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Appeal: Harmful railings allowed at grade II* listed harbour

03.07.2020

An inspector has allowed plans for 652 metres of railings at Ramsgate Royal Harbour despite noting that they would cause heritage harm, ruling that the scheme’s public safety benefits carried decisive weight...

Appeal: Pub’s conversion to nine flats blocked on community grounds

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a large pub in Chelmsford into nine flats have been rejected by an inspector, who was unconvinced that the appellant’s marketing of the building for other community uses had been ‘serious...

Appeal: 116-home green belt scheme would not be ‘exceptional’

26.06.2020

Matt Moody

East of England | Green Belt | Housing | very special circumstances

An inspector has rejected plans for 116 homes on undeveloped green belt land in Essex, ruling that the scheme’s benefits did not cumulatively amount to very special circumstances.

Appeal: Garage ‘too small for a car’ can become a study

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved the conversion of a domestic garage into a study, ruling that the scheme would not result in the loss of a parking space because the garage was already too small to park a car in....

Case study: Co-star - How Marmalade Lane is flying the flag for new ways of living

05.06.2020

Martin Read

Cambridge’s Marmalade Lane co-housing development celebrated stellar success at the recent RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence. Could the Covid-19 crisis and the project's message about community engagement...

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Applications submitted for Cambridgeshire new town

04.06.2020

Laura Edgar

East of England | healthy new towns | Housing | Northstowe | South Cambridgeshire District Council

Two outline planning applications have been lodged with South Cambridgeshire District Council for the final phases of Northstowe New Town.

Outline permission granted for Cambridge housing scheme

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

Plans for 1,200 homes and two schools on the south-eastern outskirts of Cambridge have secured outline planning permission.

Sizewell C application submitted after two-month Covid-19 delay

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

EDF Energy has applied for a development consent order (DCO) to build the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk after a two-month delay owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Appeal: Essex tennis club's housing plans approved

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for housing adjacent to a tennis club in Essex that would see proceeds reinvested into the club have been allowed, after an inspector decided the scheme's benefits outweighed its spatial plan conflict...

Appeal: 'Attractive' countryside 'hub for growing business' allowed

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

A branded merchandise business can build a new office in the Essex countryside contrary to local policy, after an inspector ruled that the site's proximity to the A120 meant it was not isolated.

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