Community Infrastructure

A nine-storey commercial building in Kensington would unacceptably disrupt visitors to a support facility for those affected by the 2017 Grenfell fire, an inspector has ruled, after the appellant failed to...

Plans for a retirement village north of Preston that would accommodate more than 200 over-55s have been rejected, after an inspector found that residents would have ‘limited opportunities for integration...

Plans to convert a disused garage in Chesterfield into a community café and pizzeria have been blocked by an inspector, who ruled that a lack of parking nearby meant the scheme would affect highway safety....

Communities feel like they are not being listened to on planning matters. How can we move from a place of confrontation to one of collaboration? Laura Edgar reports