Demographics & Population Growth

Appeal: 44 ‘extra care apartments’ allowed in AONB subject to design conditions

02.06.2017

AONB | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly care | Rural | South West

An inspector has granted permission for 44 ‘extra care apartments’ to be built next to an already-approved dementia care home in Gloucestershire, subject to various design conditions to preserve...

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Appeal: Council must pay costs for ‘unreasonable’ behaviour over sheltered housing scheme

31.05.2017

After overturning its decision to block a sheltered housing development, an inspector has ordered South Gloucestershire Council to pay costs to the appellant because it had behaved unreasonably at appeal....

Appeal: Council's fear of ‘student threat’ not substantiated by figures

30.05.2017

An inspector has allowed an HMO conversion in Nottingham, ruling that the council's fear of the ‘threat’ posed by high levels of student HMOs was unsubstantiated, citing local figures that...

Appeal: No material harm from increasing number of HMO residents

26.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

An inspector has allowed plans to increase a Cardiff HMO’s number of permitted occupants to eight, ruling that an extra two residents would not cause material harm to the area.

Appeal: Drop limit on special needs ‘glamping’ centre, council told

18.05.2017

An inspector has approved plans for an autism-friendly ‘glamping’ facility near Exeter, ruling that the local authority’s decision to impose a condition limiting permission to a period of...

Appeal: No evidence that HMOs caused ‘proliferation of lettings boards’

15.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

An inspector has allowed plans for a change of use to HMO in Pontypridd, after rejecting the local authority's ruling that HMOs are the main cause of ‘a proliferation of lettings boards’ and...

Appeal: 425-bed student block would have ‘oppressive relationship’ with existing buildings

10.05.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | Housing | Scotland | student accommodation

A reporter has refused plans to demolish a BT engineering depot in Aberdeen and replace it with a block of 425 student flats and 80 apartments after finding that the new building would overshadow existing...

Good planning in 1912 shows how we can add five years to life

10.05.2017

Heather Kerswell

Heather Kerswell reflects on the legacy of Whiteley Village in Surrey, and considers how it can inspire the development of a new generation of retirement villages

Appeal: ‘No empirical evidence’ that HMO would harm social cohesion

04.05.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing

Permission has been granted to convert a four-bedroom home into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Pontypridd, after an inspector decided that there was no empirical evidence to support local...

Ireland round-up: State’s biggest-ever infrastructure scheme signed-off: Housing in Ireland

28.04.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 21 April-28 April, 2017

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