West Midlands

Appeal: Green belt infill home allowed following Court of Appeal ruling

10.09.2018

court of appeal | Green Belt | infill development | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | West Midlands

An inspector has approved plans for a new home in the green belt near Solihull, following a 2015 court ruling that a ‘commonsense’ approach should be taken regarding the physical extent of...

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Enforcement: Inspector grants planning permission for residential gypsy site

30.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | Lichfield | planning enforcement | traveller pitches | West Midlands

An inspector has quashed an enforcement notice and approved a residential gypsy caravan site in Staffordshire, taking into consideration the best interests of the children involved in the case.

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Housing application submitted for Birmingham games

20.08.2018

Laura Edgar

A planning application for the residential element of the games village for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games has been submitted by the city council.

Voluntary Right to Buy pilot launches in the Midlands

16.08.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has today (16 August) launched the Midlands Voluntary Right to Buy pilot, which he said would provide housing association tenants with the first step to getting on the property ladder.

Inkberrow Village Green / Colin Craig (Geograph): 1752907

Appeal: Replacement of home with no foundations refused

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for a replacement home in Worcestershire, despite the appellant’s ‘recent discovery’ that the existing house does not have any substantive foundations and is...

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Appeal: 38-home scheme would undermine ‘certainty’ of local plan

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Housing | local planning | settlement boundaries | West Midlands

An inspector has refused outline permission for 38 homes outside the settlement boundary of Hallow, Worcestershire, finding unacceptable loss of agricultural land and conflict with the local development plan...

Appeal: 175-home scheme's ‘bland’ design conflicts with NPPF

03.08.2018

Matt Moody

building design | Design | Housing | NPPF | West Midlands

Plans for 175 homes in Worcestershire have been refused, after an inspector sympathised with local people who described the design as ‘mundane, monotonous and mediocre’.

Convention 2018: Planning for major sporting events

30.07.2018

The Planner

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.

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