agent of change

Appeal: Rule 6 party’s defence of its business persuades inspector

01.04.2021

Plans for 134 homes next to a grade I listed events venue in Suffolk have been rejected, after the business successfully convinced an inspector that the scheme would violate the ‘agent of change principle’...

Appeals round-up: Council defeated in abandonment hearing; McDonald’s allowed near primary school despite obesity fears

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 January-15 January, 2021

Appeal: Flats to adjoin theatre violate ‘agent of change’ principle

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for eight flats that would adjoin a community-run listed theatre in Wallingford would put it at ‘significant risk’ of noise complaints that could compromise its operation, as well as causing heritage...

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

Appeal: Homes surrounded by industry deemed unacceptable

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for 163 homes on disused employment land in Corby have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that housing on the site could restrict the development of industrial businesses that surrounded it on...

Appeal: Party wall worries prevent nightclub’s partial conversion

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to create a flat directly above a nightclub in Buxton, Derbyshire, have been rejected after the appellant failed to produce a noise survey.

Appeals round-up: CAMRA evidence counts against pub’s illegal conversion; Housing allowed next to motorway despite air quality concerns

07.02.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 1 February-7 February, 2020

Appeal: ‘Agent of change’ principle precludes office-to-flats conversion

06.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited both the ‘agent of change’ principle and the impact of mechanical ventilation on wellbeing in refusing prior approval to convert a Crawley office building next to a nightclub into 24...

Appeal: Knebworth pub garden flats approved despite fierce opposition

17.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to build flats on the garden of a popular pub in Hertfordshire would not threaten its viability, an inspector has ruled, rejecting a local protest group’s claims that the scheme represented a ‘Trojan...

PPW focuses on placemaking

05.12.2018

Laura Edgar

The Welsh Government’s 10th iteration of Planning Policy Wales (PPW) focuses on putting people and place at the heart of the planning system. It has been published today (5 December) by planning secretary Lesley Griffiths.

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