Yorkshire

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Recovered appeal: Andrew rejects inspector’s call on shale gas exploration

21.06.2022

Infrastructure - Energy | Rural | shale gas | Yorkshire

An application for a new well site for shale gas exploration near Rotherham has been refused after housing minister Stuart Andrew disagreed with an inspector’s findings.

Appeal: Design of modernist home not strong enough to justify policy conflict

17.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Design | Housing | modernist | Yorkshire

A low-energy dwelling near Harrogate has been dismissed after an inspector concluded that the home would not constitute a ‘truly outstanding’ design, and so its conflict with policies designed to limit...

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Appeal: Custom eco-homes would promote ‘unsustainable pattern of growth’

07.06.2022

Ben Gosling

custom and self-build | Housing | Rural | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused outline permission to a proposal of up to nine custom-design, self-build eco-homes after determining that the scheme would fail to address local housing needs, and would not be...

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

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Appeal: Highway safety and local plan conflicts combine to frustrate joinery workshop proposal

06.05.2022

Ben Gosling

Business & Enterprise | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Rural | Yorkshire

A proposal for an oak frame joinery workshop in Yorkshire has been refused after an inspector decided that the buildings conflicted with local development plan policies on development in the countryside....

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Appeal: Harm to heritage scuppers Hull apartments

06.05.2022

Ben Gosling

A development of 16 apartments in Hull has been dismissed at appeal, after an inspector ruled that it would affect a listed building and its conservation area setting.

Public sector capacity programme expands into the North

28.04.2022

Laura Edgar

Social enterprise Public Practice has announced that it will expand its public sector capacity programme to the North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Appeals round-up: ‘Transformative change’ from Basildon tower plans outweighs heritage harm, Windfall housing would ‘alter historic context’ of North Yorkshire village

08.04.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 02 April-08 April, 2022

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Appeal: Windfall housing would ‘alter historic context’ of North Yorkshire village

06.04.2022

Ben Gosling

Outline planning permission for 30 homes in the North Yorkshire village of Great Ayton has been refused after an inspector deemed the proposal’s impact on nearby listed heritage assets unacceptable....

Appeals round-up: Housing shortfall ‘not overriding factor’ in Glasgow green belt proposal; Renovation of listed Glasgow cinema denied

04.03.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 28 February-04 March, 2022

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