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Appeal: Canal yard regeneration scheme’s public benefits prove decisive

11.12.2020

Plans by a specialist developer to redevelop a ‘neglected’ canal yard near Stockport and convert its listed warehouse into a community hub can go ahead despite the loss of some historic fabric, an inspector...

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Appeal: More pontoons at Limehouse Basin would cause congestion

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to install more pontoons for leisure mooring at Limehouse Basin in East London, citing congestion concerns and ‘obstruction to views of water shimmer’.

Appeals round-up: Conversation at micro pub could disrupt neighbours; Private hospital ‘not an employment use’ despite 150 new jobs

10.01.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4th January-10 January, 2020

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Appeal: School parent council rebuffed in Edinburgh ‘boatel’ appeal

10.01.2020

Matt Moody

A reporter has dismissed a canal-side school’s concerns that plans for five boat hotels would prevent its canoe club from accessing the water, ruling that it would be ‘extremely foolish’ to disregard the...

Appeal: Contemporary home to incorporate part of disused railway bridge

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to incorporate two brick walls from a disused railway bridge in east London into the design of a contemporary canal-side home can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, finding no harm to the surrounding...

Appeal: Aldi store approved despite Lidl objections

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a new Aldi store on the outskirts of Whitchurch, Shropshire, have been approved, despite objections from rival supermarket Lidl, who argued the impact on its town centre store would be ‘...

Appeal: 135-home scheme would not harm Forth & Clyde canal

31.07.2018

Matt Moody

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.

Appeal: Affordable housing provision in 107-home scheme outweighs listed building harm

04.05.2017

Plans to construct 107 homes near Coventry have been allowed despite some harm to nearby listed buildings and a conservation area, after an inspector ruled that the provision of 75 per cent affordable homes...

Northern Ireland round-up: £47m canal scheme makes headway; report recommends M1 and M2 hard shoulders be used to ease congestion

03.09.2015

Roger Milne

Belfast | canal | Derry | Infrastructure | Northern Ireland

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 29 August-4 September, 2015

£47m canal scheme makes headway in Northern Ireland

03.09.2015

Roger Milne

Belfast | canal | Lisburn | Northern Ireland | Regeneration

An ambitious £46 million plan to reopen the historic canal from Belfast to Lisburn appears to be making headway after years of inaction.