Rural

Enforcement: Action against national park falconry pens superseded

15.10.2019

An inspector has granted permission for two ‘hack pens’ at a falconry breeding business in the New Forest that predates the area’s national park designation, superseding the council’s enforcement notice....

Appeals round-up: Carbon-negative home ‘commendable but not innovative’; HMO refusal partly based on assumptions about future occupants

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 5 Ocotber-11 October, 2019

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Appeal: Garage conversion for disabled son refused in green belt

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

An Enfield homeowner’s plan to convert her detached garage into a residence for her disabled son has been blocked because an inspector ruled that the ‘very significant benefits’ it would bring were not very...

Appeal: Honey production facility not permitted development

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to build a ‘honey barn’ in Essex under permitted development rules have been blocked after an inspector ruled that while breeding of queen bees is an agricultural use, processing and jarring of honey...

Appeal: Carbon-negative home ‘commendable but not innovative’

10.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a Passivhaus-standard eco-home in Norfolk that would remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it would produce, citing harm to views over an historic area...

Appeal: Alpaca fatality does not justify rural worker’s bungalow

04.10.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a farm worker’s bungalow at an alpaca farm near Warrington have been rejected after an inspector found unacceptable harm to the green belt and no ‘very special circumstances’ to justify it.

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Barn conversion boom threatens rural communities

23.09.2019

Huw Morris

England | Housing | lga | permitted development | Rural

A 230 per cent increase in conversions of barns and farm buildings into homes without the need for planning permission is taking a severe toll on the vital infrastructure and local services in rural towns and villages.

Appeal: Paragraph 79 home ‘exceeds highest standards of architecture’

19.09.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a unique new home in the High Weald AONB under NPPF paragraph 79, commenting that the scheme ‘in many aspects exceeded the highest standards of architecture’.

Appeals round-up: Hilltop water tank home refused for green belt harm; No 'very special circumstances' at football club without legal agreement

13.09.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 7 September-13 September, 2019

DNS decision: 30MW solar park allowed despite cholera cemetery concerns

13.09.2019

Matt Moody

Welsh housing minister Julie James has approved a Development of National Significance application for a major solar park near Tredegar, despite concerns over harm to the setting of the country's...

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