Demographics & Population Growth

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Government funding for supported housing

31.10.2017

Laura Edgar

The government has set out plans that aim to protect and encourage the supply of a range of supported housing.

Appeals round-up: Funeral preparations would not disturb pub customers next door; ‘No essential need’ for accommodation at Devon vineyard

27.10.2017

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 23 October-29 October, 2017

Appeal: 74-bed care home approved as NPPF trumps local policy

27.10.2017

Matt Moody

care home | Demographics & Population Growth | East Midlands | NPPF | Policy & Politics

An inspector has approved plans for a care home in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, ruling that local plan policies reserving the site for employment use were outdated and did not correspond to local need, as...

Nations & regions focus: Yorkshire

24.10.2017

Matt Moody

At over 5,000 square miles, the RTPI’s Yorkshire region covers a swathe of northern England. Encompassing the historic county of Yorkshire and parts of north Lincolnshire, the region is home to 5.3 million...

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Latest twist over Apple data centre approval

20.10.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 14 October-20 October, 2017

Appeal: Urgent personal circumstances justify green belt traveller site

20.10.2017

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | East Midlands | Housing | traveller pitches

An inspector has ruled that the ‘urgent and profound’ personal circumstances of a Nottingham gypsy traveller family fulfilled the ‘very special circumstances’ needed to permit...

Downing Street summit hears May’s pledge to boost housebuilding

18.10.2017

Huw Morris

Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to take ‘personal ownership’ of the drive to speed up housing development and urged sector leaders to play their part at a Downing Street summit yesterday.

Appeals round-up: ‘Unacceptably cramped’ bedsits vetoed despite DASH compliance; 77-flat tower block allowed despite conservation area harm

22.09.2017

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 September-25 September, 2017

Appeal: 233 student flats allowed near Canterbury World Heritage Site

22.09.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | Housing | South East | undefined

Plans to replace a former dairy depot in Canterbury with 233 purpose-built student accommodation units have been approved, after an inspector ruled that the scheme’s public benefits would outweigh any...

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Appeal: Unsecured planning obligation stalls extra care bungalows

19.09.2017

Plans to build 23 ‘extra care’ bungalows near Stratford-upon-Avon have been blocked after an inspector found no acceptable mechanism to secure a planning obligation for replacement open space,...

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