North West

Appeal: Ryder Cup decision to determine whether golf course goes ahead

31.07.2020

A championship golf course and linked 1,000 home development in listed parkland in Bolton can go ahead, housing secretary Robert Jenrick has ruled - but only if the venue is awarded the Ryder Cup.

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Appeal: Landscape-led rethink of Bolton housing scheme wins approval

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

Developer Bellway Homes has won permission to build 167 homes on protected land near Bolton, after persuading an inspector that the plans were ‘materially different’ from an application it made in 2018...

Appeals round-up: Jenrick backs 600-home King's Lynn scheme; 97 homes on agricultural land rejected

17.07.2020

Huw Morris

A round-up of planning appeals: 11 July-17 July, 2020

Appeal: Jenrick backs inspector to approve major Nantwich housing scheme

16.07.2020

Huw Morris

Finance & Viability | Housing | North West

A planning inspector’s recommendation to grant permission to a major scheme and a new highway access road in Nantwich has been backed by the secretary of state.

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Appeal: Disability need does not justify home's 122% enlargement

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

disability | equality act | extension | Health | North West

An inspector has rejected a homeowner's plans to extend a house in the Cheshire countryside to provide a sensory room for his disabled grandchild, ruling that a cumulative 122 per cent increase in the size...

Appeal: ‘Police advice’ does not justify listed building harm

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected a developer’s unsupported claim that alterations to a 17th century building were justified because ‘a concerned police officer’ had advised him to secure it against vandalism and...

River Dane, Peak District / Shutterstock: 1022939572

Appeal: Plaque honouring ‘not particularly old’ bridge allowed

26.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to commemorate a 19th century bridge in the Peak District with a plaque can go ahead after an inspector found it unlikely that road safety would be jeopardised by people congregating around it.

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Appeal: Barbed wire to defend doctor’s surgery not justified

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

antisocial behaviour | gp surgery | Health | North West

Barbed wire installed on the roof of a GP surgery and pharmacy in Ashton-under-Lyne to protect it from ‘congregating youths’ and break-ins gave it an unacceptably intimidating appearance, an inspector ruled...

Government urged to invest in nature in the North

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

The government must invest up to £100 billion over the next 25 years to create a plan for nature in the north of England, according to a think tank.

Government outlines preferred A66 upgrade work

26.05.2020

Laura Edgar

The government has announced its preferred routes for the £1 billion upgrade of the A66 as it seeks to improve transport links across the north of England.

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