amenity space

Inspector’s decision to allow development with no outdoor amenity space ‘baffling’

09.08.2021

Laura Edgar

amenity space | Campaigning & Advocacy | England | Planning Inspectorate | Policy & Politics

A decision by the Planning Inspectorate to overturn a council’s refusal at appeal for plans to deliver 39 affordable homes on a long-vacant site in Crosby with no outdoor amenity space has been described as ‘dangerous and baffling’.

Appeal: Brownfield scheme allowed with no outdoor amenity space

16.07.2021

Simon Pickles

An inspector has approved plans for 39 affordable homes on a long-vacant site in Crosby with no outdoor amenity space, ruling that various other factors including the provision of tumble dryers meant...

Appeal: Age ‘no reason’ to deny residents pleasant outdoor space

07.05.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for 45 retirement apartments in Handforth, Cheshire, ruling that residents should not be denied ‘the choice of sitting out in a pleasant space’, even if their age meant they...

Appeal: Need for housing does not justify design failings

09.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for 268 flats on a business park in Hemel Hempstead have been blocked by an inspector, who commented that the need for housing ‘should not compromise the drive for quality’, finding that residents’...

Appeals round-up: Islington scheme would not prejudice ‘uncertain’ Crossrail 2; Permeable paving would harm listed water cure house

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planing appeals: 17 October-23 October, 2020

Appeal: Inspector criticises ‘derisory’ 1.6sq m amenity space offer

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

amenity space | Health | modern methods of construction | noise impact | South East

In refusing permission for an eight-home brownfield development in Charlwood, Surrey, an inspector strongly criticised the appellant’s offer of only 1.6 square metres of outdoor amenity space per person,...

Appeal: Inspector rejects bid to vary amenity space at Essex housing scheme

04.08.2020

Huw Morris

A developer’s bid to vary a planning condition on a housing scheme in Essex has been dismissed for failing to provide enough amenity space for future occupiers.

Appeal: Split decision on Cardiff property conversion

04.08.2020

Huw Morris

Plans to convert a Cardiff property into a house of multiple occupation (HMO) with a ground floor extension have been given a split decision.

Appeal: Lockdown highlights 65-home scheme’s outdoor space failings

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

Inadequate amenity space proposed under plans for 65 flats in Sutton, South London was indicative of ‘poor design and overdevelopment’, an inspector has ruled, noting that the Covid-19 lockdown had...

Appeal: Co-living apartments allowed despite space concerns

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has deemed plans for a block of 121 co-living flats in Feltham acceptable despite council concerns over their size, noting that planning guidance on space standards for shared housing has not...

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