South East

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Appeal: Braintree village plan scuppered by policy conflict and countryside harm

03.08.2020

Plans for 150 homes at a village near Braintree in Essex have been rejected after an inspector found they did not accord with national planning policy and would significantly harm the countryside.

Appeal: Inspector backs Surrey care homes on character and heritage grounds

03.08.2020

Huw Morris

Planning permission has been granted for the demolition and redevelopment of a site in Bagshot, Surrey, to build extra care apartments after an inspector decided it would not harm the area’s character and...

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Appeal: Paragraph 79 home rejected despite design panel support

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for a three-storey home near Gatwick Airport submitted under NPPF paragraph 79 despite the support of a design review panel, citing concerns over its ‘confusing’ design and...

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Deal on partnership to deliver garden community agreed

29.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have joined with master developer Urban&Civic and global charitable foundation the Wellcome Trust to deliver a £1.2 billion ‘sustainable’ garden community at Manydown in Basingstoke.

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South East in transport devolution bid

27.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Transport for the South East has submitted a bid to the government to become a statutory body so that it can accelerate investment in sustainable transport.

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: Inspector quashes Elmbridge notice on outbuilding

17.07.2020

Huw Morris

Development Management & Enforcement | Elmbridge Borough Council | South East

An enforcement notice against a single-storey outbuilding built without permission in Leatherhead has been quashed after an inspector decided the development is not out of character with the surrounding...

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Appeal: Inspector rejects noise and disturbance fears to back Southampton car park

14.07.2020

Huw Morris

car parking | England | Infrastructure - Transport | South East | southampton

An inspector has backed a Southampton University proposal for a surface car park after deciding the scheme would not harm the living conditions of nearby residents.

Manston Airport to reopen following DCO approval

13.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Transport minister Andrew Stephenson has granted a development consent order (DCO) for the transformation of Manston Airport, Kent, into an international air freight hub and passenger airfield, against the advice of the examining authority.

Appeal: Deed of easement at music venue deemed unnecessary

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

A condition requiring future occupants of proposed flats near a Milton Keynes music venue to enter a legal agreement accepting a certain level of noise has been deleted by an inspector, who ruled that...

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