Community Infrastructure

Appeals round-up: Village pub saved from conversion after 100 objections; 120-home Worcestershire scheme approved under tilted balance

17.09.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 11 - 17 September, 2021

Appeal: Village pub saved from conversion after 100 objections

17.09.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a village pub near Swansea into a home have been blocked by an inspector, who found that serving meals might broaden the pub's appeal, despite another establishment less than a kilometre...

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Appeal: Historic clifftop tearoom's conversion to holiday let blocked

17.09.2021

Matt Moody

A tearoom atop the White Cliffs of Dover that was used as a secret radar bunker during the Second World War cannot be converted into a holiday let with manager's accommodation, an inspector has ruled, citing...

Appeals round-up: Danger from protected trees precludes home beneath; Vacant pub will not make way for houses

27.08.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 August-27 August, 2021.

Appeal: Vacant pub will not make way for houses

27.08.2021

Matt Moody

asset of community value | Community Infrastructure | East of England | pubs | viability

An inspector has rejected plans to demolish a pub in rural Essex to make way for eight homes despite another pub continuing to operate next door, ruling that the appellant had not justified the loss of a...

Bewdley gets flood defence funding from Defra

28.07.2021

Prithvi Pandya

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced funding of £6.2 million to protect homes and businesses in Bewdley, following the floods in January 2021 during Storm Christoph.

Appeal: Affordable homes allowed contrary to recently adopted plan

23.07.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 44 affordable homes on a site allocated for only 15 homes in a neighbourhood plan adopted just two months ago, citing ‘clear tension’ between the plan’s aspirations and...

Planning is ‘essential’ to children’s recovery after Covid-19

22.07.2021

Huw Morris

Planners should engage children and young people at an early stage within policies, plans and developments rather than seeing them as an ‘add-on’ later, according to RTPI guidance.

Appeals round-up: Shed extension would harm care home residents’ outlook; Council must pay costs over reduced affordable housing offer

16.07.2021

Matt Moody

Community Infrastructure | Finance & Viability | Housing | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 10 July-16 July, 2021

Appeal: Homes allowed on land saved for pub since village’s conception

16.07.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved 29 over-55s apartments on land at a Northamptonshire village that had been set aside for a pub since permission for the whole village was granted in 1995. He ruled that it should...

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