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Appeal: Green belt dementia care home refused amid reduced demand

18.06.2021

Plans for a 74-bed specialist dementia care facility near Warrington have been blocked by an inspector, who ruled that ‘uncertainties concerning demand’ brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic needed to be...

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Appeal: Suffolk village’s demographic history justifies a 65-home scheme

29.01.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 65 homes in Babergh, contrary to the council's spatial plan – agreeing with the appellant’s argument that the need to rebalance the area’s ageing population justified the...

Appeal: Care home refused on ‘visually important’ site

17.04.2020

Matt Moody

ageing population | care home | Demographics & Population Growth | South East | visual amenity

An inspector has cited highway safety and visual character in refusing permission for a 63-bed care home in Maidstone, ruling that the council had enough time remaining in its current local plan period to...

Appeal: Green belt harm not 'clearly outweighed' by care village's benefits

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for a major elderly care village in the Meriden Gap near Solihull, citing green belt rules which state that material considerations must 'clearly' – not marginally – outweigh...

Appeals round-up: ‘Pressing need’ justifies specialist dementia care centre; Outbuilding larger than main house ‘not genuinely required’

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 January-24 January, 2020

Appeal: ‘Pressing need’ justifies specialist dementia care centre

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited Arun’s rapidly ageing population and ‘extremely limited’ availability of specialist dementia care in approving plans for a 64-bed facility in the area, despite its technical conflict...

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Coalition launches to tackle housing shortages for the aged and disabled

05.11.2019

Huw Morris

The UK faces a crisis in suitable housing for older and disabled people unless the next government ensures all new homes are accessible and adaptable.

Appeal: Lancashire retirement village would be an ‘isolated enclave’

06.09.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a retirement village north of Preston that would accommodate more than 200 over-55s have been rejected, after an inspector found that residents would have ‘limited opportunities for integration...

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Appeal: Zinc-clad bungalow extension 'thoroughly at odds' with surroundings

23.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector rejected Aylesbury Vale council's arguments that a proposed extension to a bungalow would preclude its occupation by elderly people, before dismissing permission on design grounds.

Appeal: Elderly home support policy weighs against care home

26.02.2019

Matt Moody

A proposed four-storey care home in Edinburgh has been turned down in light of the council’s policy aim to ‘move away from an over-reliance on institutional care and towards support in the home”.

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