West Midlands

Appeal: ‘Sweat equity’ makes rural worker’s home viable

16.11.2018

An inspector has approved plans for a rural worker’s dwelling at an equestrian business in Shropshire, accepting the appellant’s argument that ‘sweat equity’ would lower the build...

Illegal scrap yard / South Staffordshire Council

POCA used to recoup thousands from illegal scrapyard

08.11.2018

Laura Edgar

The owner of an unauthorised scrapyard in South Staffordshire has been directed to pay a £150,000 confiscation order after failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

Appeal: Replacement green belt farmhouse blocked despite improved openness

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

conversion | Green Belt | openness | Regeneration | West Midlands

Plans for the replacement of a Warwickshire farmhouse would be an inappropriate green belt development, an inspector has ruled, despite the appellant's plans to improve the site's openness by...

Appeal: Wholesalers would be unable to exclude general public

26.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for three businesses in an area of Oldbury safeguarded for wholesale trade, finding no mechanism to ensure that only tradespeople and not members of the public could...

West Midlands launches drive to boost town centres

26.10.2018

Huw Morris

Public Realm | West Midlands | west midlands combined authority | WMCA

Plans to revitalise five town centres across the West Midlands have been unveiled in a major initiative to reverse the decline of high streets.

Appeal: Restoration of ‘structurally vulnerable’ listed building refused

23.10.2018

Matt Moody

extension | Heritage | listed building | West Midlands

An inspector has blocked plans to restore a dilapidated and partially collapsed listed house in Worcestershire, citing ‘unsympathetic’ plans to reconfigure its ‘unaltered 19th century...

Nations and regions focus: The West Midlands

12.10.2018

The Planner

A snapshot of planning in the West Midlands, looking at key planning themes, major projects, skills...

HS2 launches public consultations on railway extensions

11.10.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Economic Growth | HS2 | Infrastructure - Transport | North West | West Midlands

HS2 Ltd has launched a public consultation for its construction plans for the Midlands and the North.

Appeal: Inspector quashes condition reserving home for local person

04.10.2018

Huw Morris

Antsy | Finance & Viability | Housing | West Midlands

An appeal against a condition for a detached home in Ansty to be first occupied by an ‘approved person’ with local links has been allowed.

Appeal: Allocation for travelling showpeople precludes 21-flat scheme

28.09.2018

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | industrial estate | strategic site allocations | travelling showpeople | West Midlands

An inspector has rejected plans for 21 flats on the edge of an industrial estate in Walsall because the site is allocated to accommodate travelling showpeople in the council’s emerging policy document...

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