Yorkshire

07.12.2018

Prithvi Pandya

A £112.1 million Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has been submitted by Leeds City Council and the Environment Agency to reduce the risk of flooding along the River Aire.

Appeal: Paddocks not ‘previously developed land’, rules inspector

23.11.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | previously developed land | strategic gap | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused plans for 75 homes at a riding school in North Yorkshire, after ruling that the school's adjacent paddocks were not within its curtilage and could not be considered ‘...

Appeal: Leeds green space shortage precludes 46-home scheme

22.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited a green space deficiency of three hectares in Guiseley, Yorkshire, in his decision to refuse plans for 46 homes on a disused allotment, despite the council's housing land supply...

Appeal: ‘Unacceptable risk’ from digital advertising near motorway slip road

20.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans to replace two advertising hoardings next to the M621 motorway in Leeds with digital displays, ruling that they could distract drivers negotiating its slip road.

Enforcement action over barn ‘vandalism’

19.11.2018

Laura Edgar

Development Management & Enforcement | planning enforcement | Yorkshire | yorkshire dales national park

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) has said it will serve an enforcement notice on the owner of a barn in Maulds Meaburn for deviating from plans that received planning permission.

Appeal: Sun room on listed building’s balcony is ‘entirely arbitrary’

24.10.2018

Matt Moody

Health | Heritage | listed building | sunlight | Yorkshire

Retrospective permission for a glazed ‘sun room’ structure added to the balcony of a grade II listed former factory in Leeds has been refused, after an inspector called the development ‘...

North York Moors / Shutterstock_490154215

National park criticised for charging resident for enforcement action

23.10.2018

Development Management & Enforcement | north york moors national park | Yorkshire

The North York Moors National Park Authority was at fault for the way it introduced charges to cover some costs when taking enforcement action.

Appeal: Tees bridge to school playing fields would not harm heritage

18.10.2018

Matt Moody

A Yorkshire school’s plans to create new playing fields across the river from its campus, along with a timber bridge to access them, would not harm the character of the town or its heritage assets, an...

Signing Documents / Shutterstock: 541106650

Enforcement: Notice quashed after tenants’ sworn statements

17.10.2018

Matt Moody

An enforcement notice against the unauthorised subdivision of a flat in Leeds has been quashed in light of sworn statements by its tenants referring to ‘a high degree of satisfaction’ with the...

Appeal: Camden pub conversion thrown on historic interest grounds

Appeal: Retired publican’s appeal to convert bar and stay in village blocked

03.10.2018

Huw Morris

Community Infrastructure | Halifax | Legal | Yorkshire

An appeal by a retired publican who wanted to convert the ground floor of her pub into residential accommodation so that she could continue to live in the community has been rejected.

Pages