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Bristol Temple Meads station / Claudio Divizia, Shutterstock_507423070

Nearly £100m for Bristol levelling-up project

13.06.2022

Laura Edgar

Levelling-up minister Neil O'Brien has announced that the regeneration of Bristol Temple Quarter will receive £95 million in government funding.

Appeal: Rural housing would ‘maintain vitality’ of village

10.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Housing | housing land supply | Rural | South West

Outline planning permission for 24 homes in Wiltshire has been granted after an inspector ruled that the development would help to ‘maintain the vitality of communities’, a benefit that would outweigh the plan’...

Mound of soil on new housing industrial site / iStock: 1300827957

Appeal: Revised homes plan near Solent would do no more harm than ‘fallback’ option

07.06.2022

Ben Gosling

five year housing land supply | Housing | Rural | South West

Outline permission for up to 125 homes, a community centre and parkland in Funtley, Hampshire, has been granted after an inspector concluded that the proposal would not cause more harm than a scheme previously...

Appeals round-up: Inspector rejects crematorium plan in Surrey green belt; Chichester proposal backed on housing and biodiversity grounds

01.06.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 May-1 June, 2022

Appeal: Inspector dismisses Exeter HMO overconcentration concerns

27.05.2022

Ben Gosling

HMOs | Housing | South West

A proposal to convert a residential home into a house in multiple occupancy (HMO) has succeeded after an inspector concluded that there was not an overly high number of HMOs in the surrounding area.

Nature reserve to be created in Somerset

19.05.2022

Laura Edgar

Natural England and its partners have announced that a new ‘super’ National Nature Reserve is to be created in Somerset, encompassing a variety of habitats including salt marsh, heath and wetland.

Appeals round-up: Cornwall student homes allowed despite World Heritage Site harm; Lack of nutrient mitigation sinks Hampshire bungalows

06.05.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 April-06 May, 2022

The abandoned Wheal Coates tin mine / travellight_shutterstock: 2124404459

Appeal: Cornwall student homes allowed despite World Heritage Site harm

05.05.2022

Ben Gosling

An inspector has allowed plans to demolish a historic dwelling and replace it with student accommodation, despite its association with the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site (WHS)....

View of Gosport and the Isle of White / Nika-Davis, Shutterstock: 1789589012

Appeal: Lack of nutrient mitigation sinks Hampshire bungalows

05.05.2022

Ben Gosling

An inspector has refused permission for two bungalows in Blackfield, after the appellant failed to agree to conditions limiting the impact of the development on nearby nutrient-sensitive sites.

Appeals round-up: Andrew backs inspector on mixed-use Bristol plan; Sports airdome falls foul of noise and visual concerns

14.04.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 09 April-14 April, 2022

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