Rural
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22.03.2019The issue of concentrated land ownership is having significant impacts on communities across rural Scotland, according to a report just published by the Scottish Land Commission.
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08.03.2019An inspector has rejected plans to add a porch to a converted former lambing shed near Salcombe, Devon, because sunlight reflecting off its windows could ‘draw attention’ to the isolated building.
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07.03.2019AONB | braintree judgement | building design | Design | paragraph 55 | paragraph 79 | Planning Law | Rural | South WestAn inspector has rejected plans for a home in the Mendip Hills AONB despite its ‘truly outstanding’ design, because it could not be considered ‘isolated’ under NPPF paragraph 79 in light of the Court of...
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05.03.2019An Essex pub’s plans to consolidate a decking area used for outdoor seating and various outbuildings into a single-storey rear extension would be detrimental to green belt openness, an inspector has ruled....
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05.03.2019Revised plans for 16 holiday pods on green belt land in Staffordshire formerly used for mineral extraction would result in ‘development where there currently is none’, an inspector has ruled.
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01.03.2019Warrington Borough Council must pay costs for failing to distinguish between ‘openness’ as it relates to green belt policy and openness as a descriptive term, in refusing plans for two agricultural buildings...
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25.02.2019House prices in rural counties are 10 times higher than average annual earnings, according to analysis by the County Councils Network (CCN).
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12.02.2019affordability | affordable housing | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | Housing | Rural | South West | starter homesAn inspector has rejected plans for 11 ‘starter homes’ in Dorset, ruling that they would be too expensive to meet the identified local need for affordable housing in the area.
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29.01.2019An inspector has rejected four homes proposed as ‘village infilling’ in a small settlement in the Staffordshire green belt, ruling that it could not be considered a village because it did not have a church...
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29.01.2019A goat shed in rural Pembrokeshire that was ‘ravaged’ by fire cannot be extended and converted into holiday accommodation even if restoring it to its previous state is deemed legal, an inspector has ruled....
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