AONB

Legal briefs: Heritage body in court over ancient tree ‘poisonings’; Colum Sands nursing home challenge fails

19.10.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 13 October-19 October, 2018

Appeals round-up: 'Very large' homes would 'frustrate aims' of local plan; Future employment use not ruled out despite 'structural failings'

24.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 August-24 August, 2018.

Appeal: Reduced 28-home scheme would be 'major development' in AONB

23.08.2018

Matt Moody

AONB | Housing | South West

In refusing permission, an inspector has deemed a 28-home scheme within the South Devon AONB 'major development', despite another inspector's recent opposite finding concerning a 32-home scheme...

Appeal: ‘Alternative school’ caretaker refused horsebox accommodation consent

27.07.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused an application to use a horsebox in the grounds of a radical educational project near Stroud as accommodation for a caretaker, despite reports of vandalism.

Appeals round-up: Prior approval refused for GPDO conversion of ‘abandoned’ office; Noise reduction outweighs visual harm of 21ft tall acoustic fence

25.05.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 May-25 May, 2018

Appeal: Beach huts would harm setting of Dorset world heritage site

25.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for 45 beach huts on a Dorset cliffside despite the appellant’s similar fallback scheme, noting that the local council ‘may have been generous’ in granting...

Appeals round-up: Conversion of Victorian underground reservoir would harm AONB; Thames-side land saved for future public access

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 May-18 May, 2018

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Appeal: Conversion of Victorian underground reservoir would harm AONB

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans to convert a subterranean brick-vaulted reservoir in the Forest of Bowland AONB into a home, calling the scheme ‘visually intrusive’.

Appeal: Modern design preferred to ‘unconvincing’ period style for replacement home

10.04.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a replacement home in an East Sussex conservation area characterised by Victorian homes, ruling that its contemporary design would avoid the ‘unconvincing replication of...

CPRE challenged the approval of a development in the Kent Downs / Shutterstock_121315348

Appeal: Eco-home would ‘go almost unnoticed’ in Kent AONB

22.03.2018

Matt Moody

AONB | eco-home | Rural | South East

An inspector has approved plans for an eco-home in Alkham, Kent, with a ‘very different character’ from other buildings nearby, because its discreet design would render it ‘barely visible...

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