Business & Enterprise

Appeals round-up: More pontoons at Limehouse Basin would cause congestion; Replacement green belt home deemed ‘materially larger’

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 May-7 May, 2020

Appeal: Design issues scupper farm succession plan

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

After establishing an ‘essential need’ for a new worker’s dwelling at a Cumbrian sheep farm, an inspector refused permission on design grounds.

Appeal: Fish losses do not justify on-site accommodation

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

A Hampshire fishery’s account of ‘repeated incidents of significant fish losses’ were not enough to persuade an inspector to allow an on-site rural worker’s dwelling under NPPF paragraph 79.

Appeal: Industrial estate café is contrary to town centre policy

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | industrial estate | sequential test | town centre

Plans for a café to serve workers on an industrial estate in Newport, South Wales, have been rejected after an inspector found conflict with local policy directing café uses towards town centres.

Appeal: Unusually shaped shop unit can become gaming centre

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

A ‘long and thin’ shop unit in Kidderminster town centre can be converted into an adult gaming centre, as an inspector ruled that the planning system should not ‘duplicate’ issues covered by the Gambling Act...

Appeals round-up: Noise mitigation measures not covered under GPDO; More gypsy pitches would not cause ‘cumulative domination’

09.04.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4 April-9 April, 2020

Enforcement: New business plan following family tragedy rejected

09.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector, not persuaded that a new business plan prepared by a rural worker after the death of her partner was viable, has upheld enforcement action against her ‘ramshackle’ on-site home.

RTPI CEO: Covid-19 a potential ‘game changer’ for PlanTech

06.04.2020

Martin Read

RTPI chief executive Victoria Hills expects the remote working practices enforced as a result of the coronavirus crisis to result in changes to how planning is carried out within local authorities as newly embraced tech tools become the norm.

Appeals round-up: Juice bar is a retail use despite Google ‘dwell data’; Extended ‘cherry season’ would not disrupt locals

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 28 March-3 April, 2020

Appeal: PD fallback justifies 129-home mixed-use scheme

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 129 homes, office space and a care home on designated employment land in Oxfordshire, citing already-granted prior approval for permitted development works at the site....

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