allotments

Legal round-up: North Dublin docklands development height ruling; Sheffield City Council issues tree-lopping ‘mea culpa’

23.10.2020

Roger Milne

allotments | dco | Islington | Judicial review | Planning Law | supreme court | tree felling | UK

A round-up of legal news: 17 October-23 October, 2020
Welsh Government plans to scrap permission for allotment sheds

03.01.2020

Laura Edgar

allotments | Cymru | julie james | Policy & Politics | Welsh Government

A consultation has been published on proposals to dispense with the need for planning permission to erect sheds or glasshouses on allotment sites in Wales.
Legal briefs: Judge rejects council claims of nun skulduggery; Ministers order Coventry clean air charging scheme

17.05.2019

Roger Milne

air quality | allotments | brownfield | Demographics & Population Growth | Development Management & Enforcement | encampment | Environmental | Housing | Infrastructure - Green | Planning Law | UK

A round-up of legal news: 11 May-17 May, 2019
Appeal: Relocation of WW2 allotments to make way for housing blocked

11.04.2019

Matt Moody

allotments | brownfield | community facility | Community Infrastructure | green space | Health | Heritage | Scotland

A reporter has refused permission to redevelop a 19th century textile mill in the Scottish Borders, after a petition opposing the relocation of historic allotments on the site to make way for 69 new homes...
Appeals round-up: Leeds green space shortage precludes 46-home scheme; No consent for residential conversion of pub rebuilt after fire

23.11.2018

Matt Moody

ACV | allotments | Community Infrastructure | enforcement notice | Green Belt | green space | Health | Heritage | heritage | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | listed building | motorway | Planning Law | previously developed land | Regeneration | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 17 November-23 November 2018
Appeal: Leeds green space shortage precludes 46-home scheme

22.11.2018

Matt Moody

allotments | Community Infrastructure | emerging plan | green space | Housing | population | Yorkshire

An inspector has cited a green space deficiency of three hectares in Guiseley, Yorkshire, in his decision to refuse plans for 46 homes on a disused allotment, despite the council's housing land supply...
Appeals round-up: ‘Unacceptably cramped’ bedsits vetoed despite DASH compliance; 77-flat tower block allowed despite conservation area harm

22.09.2017

affordable housing | allotments | appeal costs | Community Infrastructure | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | extra care housing | Heritage | Housing | Public Realm | Rural | UK | world heritage site

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 September-25 September, 2017
Appeal: Incorporating part of allotment into garden would harm green belt openness

19.09.2017

allotments | Green Belt | North West | Rural

An inspector has refused plans to convert a patch of undeveloped allotment land into private garden space because it would harm green belt openness, despite a similar proposal having been granted for the...
England round-up: Sports training centre approved in Loughborough; Row over plans to dig up London's oldest allotments

19.05.2017

Laura Edgar

allotments | Bristol | East Midlands | England | General Election | Health | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Leeds | London | renewable energy

A round-up of planning news in England: 13 May-17 May, 2017
Legal briefs: Planning status of house can be relevant to selective licensing, Upper Tribunal rules

20.04.2017

Roger Milne

allotments | Leisure & Tourism | Planning Law | theatre | UK | upper tribunal

A round-up of legal news: 17 April-21 April, 2017