building design

An inspector has approved a block of 181 flats rising to 12 storeys in Ilford, East London, that would be notably taller than existing buildings in the area, ruling that the scheme’s design would...

A wooden hut designed to resemble a beech nut has been granted retrospective permission, after an inspector ruled that its ‘unique and quirky design’ amounted to very special circumstances....

An inspector has rejected plans to replace four large homes in Kings Langley with a 40-unit sheltered housing block, concluding that the scheme ‘would not amount to good design’.

An inspector has approved plans to demolish a Georgian workshop in Greenwich to make way for townhouses after a successful campaign to have the building listed was overturned by the culture secretary....