Rural

Climate crisis compliance accountability needed

09.07.2020

Laura Edgar

Planning decision-makers should be held to account when it comes to compliance with the climate change duty, according to a CPRE report.

Access to nature for all / iStock-829630084

Regenerate the countryside to regenerate the economy, says CPRE

02.07.2020

Laura Edgar

A countryside charity has called on the government to ensure that everyone has access to green space, after the early period of total lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19 highlighted the inequalities surrounding who has access to it.

West Devon mining landscape / Shutterstock: 205185046

Appeal: Fallback justifies harmful homes in AONB and WHS

26.06.2020

Matt Moody

Six affordable homes in Cornwall that would ‘greatly compromise’ views of the surrounding AONB and World Heritage Site can go ahead, after an inspector decided that an extant fallback scheme would be more...

Appeals round-up: Vacated post office remains a community facility; Garage 'too small for a car' can become a study

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 June-19 June, 2020

Appeals round-up: Back-garden skate ramp would disturb relatives next door; Modular beauty pod allowed despite vacant shop units

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 May-12 June, 2020

Appeal: Parking at rural business centre not justified in green belt

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a rural business centre’s overflow car park, ruling that better management of the site could provide additional parking that would not harm the green belt...

Appeal: Costs against council after blocking homes despite 7.43-year supply

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted permission for 20 homes on the edge of a Devon village despite conflict with one existing and two emerging plans – and has ordered the council to pay partial costs.

Appeals round-up: Plans to convert long-vacant pub rejected again; Edinburgh Airbnb is a material change of use

05.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 May-5 June, 2020

Appeal: Major land levelling works to create polo field ruled unacceptable

05.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to create a polo field and sand school in the Essex countryside that would require parts of the land to be raised by almost 10 metres would cause unacceptable harm, ruled an inspector.

Government urged to invest in nature in the North

01.06.2020

Huw Morris

The government must invest up to £100 billion over the next 25 years to create a plan for nature in the north of England, according to a think tank.

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