Sports & Recreation

Red lion pub sign / Gary-L-Hider Shutterstock: 1612975927

Appeal: Listed pub may still be viable and cannot become a home, inspector rules

15.06.2022

An inspector has dismissed a change of use from pub to dwelling at the Red Lion Inn, in Great Bricett, Suffolk, saying the business was still viable.

Recreation grounds football pitch / 1000-Words Shutterstock: 250485898

Appeal: Lack of playing field proves fatal for housing development

08.06.2022

Ben Gosling

Housing | North East | playing field | Sports & Recreation

A development of 51 homes in Middlesbrough has been rejected after an inspector determined that the proposal would result in the unacceptable lack of an alternative play provision.

Old Trafford Cricket ground / iStock: 830670750

Appeal: Noise from Old Trafford cricket ground would impact apartments

24.05.2022

Ben Gosling

Heritage | Housing | noise disturbance | North West | Sports & Recreation

A development of 332 apartments close to the Emirates Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester has been refused after an inspector concluded that noise from concerts at the stadium would unduly affect...

Appeal: Loss of facility lands golf course housing proposal in the rough

11.05.2022

Ben Gosling

A development of 233 homes at a Widnes golf club has been dismissed after an inspector found that the loss of the sports facility outweighed the proposal’s contribution to local housing stock.

Appeals round-up: Andrew backs inspector on mixed-use Bristol plan; Sports airdome falls foul of noise and visual concerns

14.04.2022

Ben Gosling

A round-up of planning appeals: 09 April-14 April, 2022

Appeal: Sports airdome falls foul of noise and visual concerns

12.04.2022

Ben Gosling

An application for an airdome sports hall at a Chorley secondary school has been dismissed after an inspector ruled that the harm it would cause to the area’s character and the living conditions of local...

Ireland round-up: Surge in Dublin housing projects; Dundrum development unveiled

01.04.2022

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 26 March-1 April, 2022

Legal briefs: Homeowner ordered to pay £30k under POCA

25.03.2022

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 19 March-25 March, 2022

Legal briefs: Casement Park ruling on the horizon

18.03.2022

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 12 March-18 March, 2022

School gym / Ben Schonewille, Shutterstock: 538382059

Appeal: School’s need for sports hall overrides open land objections

16.03.2022

Ben Gosling

Community Infrastructure | London | Rural | Sports & Recreation

Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School can construct a new sports hall and groundsman’s hut after an inspector deemed that the school’s need for improved facilities outweighed any harm to the metropolitan...

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