asset of community value

Appeal: Approved housing will support marginally viable pub

10.09.2020

Plans to convert a marginally viable pub in Norfolk that closed in 2018 into a house were rejected by an inspector, who ruled that the 100 new homes approved for the village would ‘increase the need for the...

Appeal: Loss of staff accommodation would harm pub’s viability

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the conversion of a West London pub’s upper floors from staff accommodation to a private flat, ruling that a smaller trading area limited its ability to...

Appeal: Historic Birmingham music venue saved from demolition

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to replace Birmingham music venue The Flapper with a block of flats, ruling that the ‘strength and volume’ of objections to the scheme demonstrated the venue’s value to the...

Appeal: ‘Swell of local opinion’ persuades inspector to save pub

22.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a popular local pub into a six-bedroom home, noting that the owner had increased its asking price by £50,000 while allowing its condition to deteriorate.

Appeal: CAMRA evidence counts against pub’s illegal conversion

06.02.2020

Matt Moody

A couple who illegally converted a Herefordshire pub into a home in 2012 have again been refused retrospective permission, after representations from CAMRA and the local parish council at a public hearing...

Appeals round-up: Claim of traveller discrimination ‘not at all persuasive’; ACV pub conversion allowed after botched sale

18.10.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 October-18 October, 2019

Appeal: ACV pub conversion allowed after botched sale

18.10.2019

Matt Moody

A Hertfordshire pub can be converted into two homes despite being registered as an asset of community value (ACV), after an inspector ruled that it was ‘unlikely to prosper’ as a verbal agreement to sell it...

Appeal: ‘Determined’ community group prevents historic pub conversion

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

A community group that created a business plan to save an historic Hampshire pub from conversion into a five-bedroom home has successfully persuaded an inspector that it is a ‘valued community facility’....

Appeal: Community management of listed pub ‘not viable’

09.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for the residential conversion of a listed pub in Essex despite protests from a local community group, ruling that the group’s plans to refurbish and run the pub had not been...

Appeal: Village’s last remaining pub saved from conversion

25.04.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for the residential conversion of a pub in Nottinghamshire after a local community group indicated that it had reached an agreement to buy the business, despite numerous short-...

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