building design

An inspector has dismissed a developer's argument that overlooking between rooms would 'create a sense of community' in a 62-bedroom student accommodation block in Reading.

The modern design of a three-storey block of flats in Harrow would overcome the council’s garden land development policy, but would appear ‘entirely out of place’ compared with its...

A 14-flat scheme in High Wycombe must include an affordable housing contribution despite being just below the 15-unit threshold, an inspector has ruled, because it forms a 'single developable area'...

An inspector has approved a housing scheme comprising townhouses and four-storey blocks on the edge of Glasgow, finding no harm to the setting of the protected canal that runs alongside the site.