affordable housing

Scotland round-up: Scottish green freeport proposals take shape; Affordable homes target met, says Scottish Government

17.06.2022

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 11 June-17 June, 2022

Affordable homes target met, says Scottish Government

15.06.2022

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | Housing | Scotland | Scottish Government

The Scottish Government has announced that it has met its 50,000 affordable homes target for the previous Parliament (2017/18 to 2020/21).

Belsize park fire station / Charlie-Bard, Shutterstock: 178045487

Appeal: Conversion of fire station tower would result in heritage harm

26.05.2022

Ben Gosling

affordable housing | Heritage | Housing | listed building consent | London

An inspector has refused permission to an attempt to convert the tower of Camden’s grade II* listed Belsize Fire Station into a single apartment. It was determined that the harm caused by the development to...

Appeal: Inspector rules that permanent residents at holiday park would harm tourism

19.05.2022

Ben Gosling

affordable housing | Housing | Leisure & Tourism | South East | tourism

An inspector has refused an Essex caravan park operator’s attempt to alter conditions of the site’s planning permission, with the aim of allowing permanent residential use of the caravans. The caravan park’s...

River Lea / Christina-Hemsley Shutterstock: 1943659750

Appeal: ‘Visual, functional and environmental disadvantages’ trounce Bromley towers

18.05.2022

Ben Gosling

affordable housing | Heritage | Housing | London | water neutrality

A trio of residential buildings, ranging in height from two to 26 storeys, near the River Lea in London, has been refused by an inspector, who judged that the proposed towers would visually harm their...

Slough aerial / malgosia-janicka, Shutterstock: 1361038301

Appeal: Lack of housing supply not enough to justify Slough apartments

13.05.2022

Ben Gosling

affordable housing | Housing | housing supply | South East

A development of 84 flats in Slough, Berkshire, has been refused, after an inspector concluded that the harm caused to the area’s character, and lack of affordable housing and mix of housing types outweighed...

18,000 affordable homes lost to permitted development, says LGA

09.05.2022

Laura Edgar

Office-to-residential permitted development has resulted in the loss of more than 18,000 affordable homes, according to analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA).

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Milestone for major Edinburgh housing scheme

29.04.2022

Roger Milne

affordable housing | Development Management & Enforcement | Edinburgh | Scotland

The latest proposals for the major development of Edinburgh’s Edmonstone Estate have been lodged with the city council.

1,000 homes to be built in South West over five years

11.04.2022

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | homes england | Housing | HSBC | South West

A ‘multimillion-pound’ package will see 1,000 homes built across Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset over the next five years.

High Holborn street / Jarek Killian, Shutterstock: 629128205

Appeal: Privacy concerns lead to dismissal of Camden flats

04.04.2022

Ben Gosling

The proposed conversion of a floor of office space into five flats in Camden, London, has been dismissed after an inspector identified a range of problems with the proposal, including the standard of living...

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