West Midlands

Brokenshire in champion role for Midlands Engine

04.07.2018

Laura Edgar

Communities secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that he will drive forward the government’s plans to ‘fire up’ the Midlands as an engine for UK growth as its Ministerial Champion.

Appeal: ‘Personal benefits’ cannot justify live-work unit in conservation area

29.06.2018

Matt Moody

conservation area | Heritage | listed building | live-work unit | West Midlands

An inspector has refused permission for a live-work studio in an historic village near Stratford-upon-Avon, ruling that the scheme’s benefits would be mainly personal to the appellant.

Appeal: ‘Personal benefits’ cannot justify live-work unit in conservation area

26.06.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for a live-work studio in an historic village near Stratford-upon-Avon, ruling that the scheme’s benefits would be mainly personal to the appellant.

Appeal: ‘One-off’ permission not justified for affordable homes

22.06.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Finance & Viability | Housing | settlement boundaries | West Midlands

An inspector has refused a 50 per cent affordable 60-home scheme on unallocated land in Worcestershire because allowing it contrary to the recently adopted development plan would ‘undermine confidence...

Housing secretary James Brokenshire / Chris McAndrew

Appeal: ‘Edge of centre’ commercial units would not harm town centre

15.06.2018

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has approved plans for four comparison goods outlets and a coffee shop on a Sainsbury’s-owned car park in Bridgnorth, despite noting that 3 per cent of trade would be diverted...

Small housing development / iStock: 172246561

Appeal: Green light for affordable homes fronting industrial estate

01.06.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved 29 homes on land surrounded on three sides by industrial businesses, despite the land having been allocated for employment use by the local council.

Appeal: Amended neighbourhood plan precludes Passivhaus scheme

01.06.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | neighbourhood plan | Passivhaus | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | West Midlands

Plans for four Passivhaus homes in Herefordshire have been blocked, after a policy in the area's emerging neighbourhood plan was amended.

West Midlands’ mayor to address skills and housing problem

22.05.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, has detailed two initiatives to help build more homes on derelict brownfield land and fill the region’s growing construction skills gap.

Appeal: Wartime demolition does not justify green belt home

10.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to ‘replace' a house near Solihull that was demolished in 1941 as part of the war effort with a new dwelling, finding unacceptable harm to the green belt.

Projects launched to support rough sleepers

09.05.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has announced that three areas in England will be piloting a scheme that aims to get homeless people off the streets and into accommodation that is stable and affordable.

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