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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.

Appeal: Extended hours at 166-year old cricket club would disrupt new homes

02.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has issued a split decision on an appeal by Darlington Cricket Club to extend the permitted use times of its all-weather practice nets, in light of complaints from the owners of newly built...

New noise and soundscape planning guidance promised in Wales

20.07.2018

Roger Milne

agent of change | Cymru | Hannah Blythyn | Policy & Politics | Welsh Government

The Welsh Government has promised more planning guidance on air and soundscape quality as it started consulting on its latest noise action plan.

Communities need ‘stronger voice’ in planning, says Holyrood committee

17.05.2018

Laura Edgar

The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee has called for the Planning (Scotland) Bill to provide ‘greater certainty’ to communities and developers.

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