air pollution

An inspector has blocked plans for 74 homes in East Sussex, ruling that the risk of harm to air quality in the area meant the 'tilted balance' of NPPF paragraph 11 could not be engaged.

The communities secretary has refused plans to extract 1.75 million tonnes of sand and gravel near Hertford, rejecting the appellant’s request for him to consider a revised scheme to extract 1.25 million...