Rural

Appeals round-up: Andrew rejects inspector’s call on shale gas exploration; Next warehouse refused in green belt despite employment benefits

24.06.2022

Ben Gosling

England | Heritage | Housing | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 June-24 June, 2022

Appeal: Next warehouse refused in green belt despite employment benefits

24.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Business & Enterprise | Green Belt | Rural | South East

Next plc has been refused permission for an extensive ‘regional service centre’ near Waltham Abbey in Essex because of its impact on green belt.

Backwell, Bristol / theenigma, Shutterstock: 1968452863

Appeal: ‘Substantial shortfall’ in housing supply leads to approval for homes

23.06.2022

Ben Gosling

five year housing land supply | Housing | Rural | South West

A development of 125 dwellings in Backwell, Somerset, has been approved after an inspector determined that the scheme’s contribution to the area’s housing land supply outweighed its conflict with the local...

Oil drilling rig / Evgeny_V, Shutterstock: 1505121452

Recovered appeal: Andrew rejects inspector’s call on shale gas exploration

21.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Infrastructure - Energy | Rural | shale gas | Yorkshire

An application for a new well site for shale gas exploration near Rotherham has been refused after housing minister Stuart Andrew disagreed with an inspector’s findings.

Appeals round-up: Short-term permission for hydrocarbon mineral exploration would limit harms; Inspector sides with appellant on housing land supply dispute

17.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Design | Heritage | Housing | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 11 June-17 June, 2022

Houses in construction / iStock: 1162850164

Appeal: Contribution to housing supply outweighs landscape harms

14.06.2022

Ben Gosling

East Midlands | five year housing land supply | Housing | Rural

Outline planning permission for up to 170 homes has been granted near Sileby, Leicestershire, following an inspector’s determination that the development’s contribution to the area’s housing land shortfall...

Transport body sets out collaborative approach to spatial planning

13.06.2022

Laura Edgar

Transport for the North (TfN) has outlined the region’s shared policy positions as part of its work to review its Strategic Transport Plan, published in 2019.

Appeals round-up: Andrew rules that well exploration would have greenhouse gas impact; Marina on Oxford Canal not in suitable location

10.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Environmental | Housing | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 4 June-10 June, 2022

Appeal: Rural housing would ‘maintain vitality’ of village

10.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Housing | housing land supply | Rural | South West

Outline planning permission for 24 homes in Wiltshire has been granted after an inspector ruled that the development would help to ‘maintain the vitality of communities’, a benefit that would outweigh the...

Houseboats on Oxford canal / iStock: 464454082

Appeal: Marina on Oxford Canal not in suitable location

09.06.2022

Ben Gosling

conservation area | Rural | South East | Water & Marine

A 192-berth marina on the Oxford Canal has been refused because an inspector decided that its location did not accord with local policy, and also concluded that the development would have an impact on the...

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