building design

An inspector has refused reserved matters approval for a 147-home scheme in Cambridgeshire on design grounds, notwithstanding support for the development from the council’s urban design officer and design...

An inspector has approved ‘what is likely to be the first home in the country to meet the Passivhaus Premium standard’ – which requires a building to generate more energy than it consumes – despite ruling...

Works to expand and extend a dental surgery in Derby were approved by an inspector, who ruled that the benefits to the community of increased capacity outweighed the development’s poor design and harm to...

An inspector has granted reserved matters approval for 254 homes near Guildford, ruling that while the ‘limited palette of house types’ on offer was a ‘missed opportunity’, the scheme would still achieve a ‘...