North West

Appeal: Lake District home refused following World Heritage Site designation

13.10.2017

Heritage | Lake District | North West | Rural | world heritage site

A new home in Wasdale, Cumbria, has been refused permission because it would harm the character of the Lake District World Heritage Site, which was designated by UNESCO after the appeal had been submitted....

Appeal: Takeaway refused in Manchester school zone

11.10.2017

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a takeaway near a Manchester primary school, because it fell foul of a public health policy in the council's supplementary planning document on...

Appeal: Javid backs Cheshire East Council by refusing 900 homes

09.10.2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has blocked a large-scale village extension near Crewe, contending that it would undermine the spatial policies of the newly adopted local plan, which has addressed the area...

Energy firm announces fracking plans for Cheshire

09.10.2017

Laura Edgar

Oil and gas exploration company IGas has submitted a scoping request to Cheshire West and Chester Council to begin preparing a planning application for a temporary well site on land in Elton.

Appeal: Digital advert less distracting than five traditional billboards

28.09.2017

advertising | digital | highway safety | North West | Technology

An inspector has allowed plans to replace five traditional billboard adverts with a single animated digital display, ruling that the new display would be less distracting to motorists negotiating a busy...

Grayling outlines plans for TransPennine digital railway

25.09.2017

Huw Morris

The government is developing plans for the UK’s first digital intercity railway in the North as part of a £13 billion package for improving journeys in the region.

Appeal: Incorporating part of allotment into garden would harm green belt openness

19.09.2017

allotments | Green Belt | North West | Rural

An inspector has refused plans to convert a patch of undeveloped allotment land into private garden space because it would harm green belt openness, despite a similar proposal having been granted for the...

North of England needs 500,000 homes within 10 years

13.09.2017

Laura Edgar

A national housebuilding drive is needed for the north of England – a new report suggests that 500,000 more homes are required in the next 10 years to meet the region’s growth ambitions.

Appeal: Restoring illegal landfill site would ‘harm green belt openness’

11.09.2017

Plans to restore a former illegal landfill site in the Merseyside green belt by importing 273,000 cubic metres of soil have been refused after an inspector decided that the new landform would harm the area...

Appeal: 142 homes approved after council withdraws its evidence at inquiry

05.09.2017

five-year housing supply | Green gap policy | Housing | North West | Planning Law

Outline permission has been granted for 142 homes near Furness Abbey in western Cumbria, following Barrow-in-Furness Council’s decision to abandon its position mid-inquiry because of evidence...

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