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Appeals round-up: Wording of revised NPPF protects pub from conversion; Driving test centre run from hotel room can continue

16.11.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 10 November-16 November 2018

Appeal: Wording of revised NPPF protects pub from conversion

16.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a pub in the Gloucestershire countryside to residential use, citing the revised wording of the new NPPF regarding the retention of community facilities.

Appeal: Housing scheme upgrade allowed in Aberdeenshire

09.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 142 homes in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, superseding an extant permission for 109 homes on the site that already met its ‘indicative capacity’ as set out in the...

Appeals round-up: 9.4% enlargement of Cornwall village deemed unacceptable; Overlooked student flats would not combat loneliness

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 October-2 November 2018

Enforcement: Split decision on 'cycling cafe' use of former pub

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has partially overturned an enforcement notice against the use of a former pub near Reading as a cycling-themed cafe, repairs workshop and meeting place for riders.

Don’t overlook accessibility when planning social housing

25.10.2018

Sheron Carter

accessible development | Community Infrastructure | England | Housing | social housing

A failure to plan, design and build accessible, affordable homes will make the housing crisis worse in future, says Sheron Carter.

Appeals round-up: House approved on site ‘not well placed’ for a dwelling; Community centre would be sixfold breach of policy threshold

19.10.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 October-19 October, 2018

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...

Appeal: Community centre would be sixfold breach of policy threshold

18.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for a Stratford community centre to host up to 100 people at once, because it would be more than six times the threshold of 15 people cited in the local development plan...

Appeal: Dilapidated cricket ground is not an ‘existing’ use

17.10.2018

Matt Moody

Too much time has passed for a derelict cricket pavilion to be considered an ‘existing’ leisure use, an inspector has ruled, and plans to replace it would constitute a new building in the...

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