England

Planning permission has been granted for the change of use of a redundant agricultural building to a fitness studio at a farm in Norfolk after an inspector found it met a local need.

Planning permission has been granted to a courier business for a storage building on a farm in Essex after an inspector found that it would not unacceptably harm the area or highway safety.

Five appeals – four of them against enforcement notices – have been dismissed over the change of use of land and introduction of a swimming pool at a property in the South Downs National Park.

Plans to demolish a Dorset pub and replace it with nine houses have been rejected because of poor design, its impact on the area, the loss of a heritage asset and flood risk.