Yorkshire

Devolution proposals submitted for Yorkshire

01.08.2019

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | Devolution | one yorkshire | Yorkshire

The leaders of One Yorkshire have set out new proposals that aim to unlock the benefits of devolution for all parts of the region as part of a full One Yorkshire devolution deal in 2022.

Guide aims to promote best practice in community-led housing

15.07.2019

Laura Edgar

Community First Yorkshire aims to help local authorities support the delivery of community-led housing development in the region and beyond.

1,300 homes for Ripon

15.07.2019

Laura Edgar

Homes England and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have announced that land at Claro and Deverell Barracks in Ripon, Yorkshire, will be developed to provide 1,300 homes and commercial space.

Enforcement: Online comments undermine motocross appeal

12.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of a former quarry for unauthorised motocross racing and fishing, citing online comments contradicting the appellant’s case that the motocross use...

Appeal: Brokenshire blocks new motorway services near Doncaster

11.07.2019

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has cited green belt harm in refusing plans for a new service station off the A1(M) near Doncaster, despite the distance between existing services in the area exceeding Department for...

Appeal: ‘Very special circumstances’ in Wakefield scouts’ bid for new hut

31.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a new scout hut in Wakefield despite deeming it inappropriate green belt development, deciding that the scheme’s social benefits constituted very special circumstances....

Appeal: 500-capacity bar allowed despite Leeds crime concerns

22.05.2019

Matt Moody

In a ‘finely balanced’ decision, an inspector has approved plans for a 500-capacity bar in Headingley, Leeds, despite accepting that the scheme would be a ‘retrograde step’ in attempts to control alcohol-...

Appeal: Housing refused on land in ‘HS2 buffer zone’

03.05.2019

Matt Moody

A small parcel of land adjacent to a recently completed housing development cannot be built on, an inspector has ruled, because it forms a buffer between the existing houses and the proposed route for HS2....

Appeal: Segregation and ‘mothballing’ of listed pub deemed unacceptable

23.04.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to convert the ground floor of a listed pub near Leeds into a convenience store while segregating and ‘mothballing’ its upper floor and basement have been blocked on heritage grounds.

Appeal: Portable golf shelter is a building, rules inspector

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

building definition | golf | Green Belt | Sports & Recreation | Yorkshire

A 10-metre wide and four-metre tall ‘portable golf shelter’ designed to allow play to continue in bad weather has not harmed the openness of Leeds’ green belt, an inspector has found.

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