AONB

Appeal: Private 16,500 sq m lake would harm AONB

02.07.2019

Matt Moody

AONB | engineering | landscape impact | Leisure & Tourism | Rural | South East

An inspector has rejected plans to create an artificial private lake in Kent with a footprint of more than 16,500 square metres, citing harm to the special qualities of the High Weald AONB.
Appeal: 72 per cent size increase ‘not disproportionate’ in green belt

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

AONB | extension | Green Belt | Planning Law | South East

Plans for further extensions to a home in the Surrey Hills AONB that would result in a 72 per cent increase over its original size would not be ‘disproportionate’, ruled an inspector.
Appeal: Sunlight reflecting off porch’s glazing would harm AONB

08.03.2019

Matt Moody

AONB | light pollution | Rural | South West

An inspector has rejected plans to add a porch to a converted former lambing shed near Salcombe, Devon, because sunlight reflecting off its windows could ‘draw attention’ to the isolated building.
Appeal: ‘Truly outstanding’ paragraph 79 home would not be isolated

07.03.2019

Matt Moody

AONB | braintree judgement | building design | Design | paragraph 55 | paragraph 79 | Planning Law | Rural | South West

An inspector has rejected plans for a home in the Mendip Hills AONB despite its ‘truly outstanding’ design, because it could not be considered ‘isolated’ under NPPF paragraph 79 in light of the Court of...
Luxury hotel looks set for Mournes AONB

07.02.2019

Roger Milne

AONB | hotel | Leisure & Tourism | Northern Ireland

Outline proposals for a 100-bedtoom luxury hotel and spa at Rostrevor, in the foothills of the Mourne Mountains, have been recommended for approval by officials at Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
Appeal: Dogs barking at Anglesey kennels would be ‘very disturbing’

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

airport | AONB | Cymru | DOG KENNELS | Environmental | noise impact | Rural

Plans for a kennels business on the Isle of Anglesey have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that the noise of dogs barking would be ‘very irritating and disturbing’, despite the ‘sometimes deafening’...
Appeals round-up: Additional pub could make evening activity ‘bubble over’; Replacement footpath stile would not improve AONB accessibility

11.01.2019

Matt Moody

accessibility | affordable housing | antisocial behaviour | AONB | building design | Climate Change | climate change | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | Development Management & Enforcement | Environmental | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | Health | Heritage | homelessness | Leisure & Tourism | paragraph 79 | Planning Law | pubs | Regeneration | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 January-11 January, 2019
Appeal: Replacement footpath stile would not improve AONB accessibility

11.01.2019

Matt Moody

accessibility | AONB | Demographics & Population Growth | Rural | South West

A barn conversion that would necessitate the replacement of a stile providing access to a public footpath in Cornwall has been rejected because it failed a local policy requirement to ‘improve...
Appeal: Final section of Denmark electricity interconnector approved

13.12.2018

Matt Moody

AONB | Brexit | East of England | electricity | Infrastructure - Energy | interconnectors | National Grid | Rural

A 473-mile undersea electrical cable link between the UK and Denmark can go ahead after an inspector ruled that the scheme’s international energy and climate benefits would outweigh temporary harm to...
Appeal: Oxfordshire housing deal adds weight to refusal of 245-home scheme

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

AONB | Housing | NPPF | oxfordshire housing and growth deal | South West | VALUED LANDSCAPE

An inspector has blocked plans for 245 homes on unallocated land near the Chilterns AONB, citing the Oxfordshire housing deal and its 'key objective' of 'avoiding speculative and unplanned...

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