character and appearance

Wrexham County Council must pay costs for refusing a 54-bed mental health treatment unit, based on ‘perceptions of risk’ associated with ‘low-security’ mental health facilities that...

An inspector has upheld an enforcement notice against a glass balustrade that was installed on the roof of a Chelsea townhouse, citing technical guidance published in 2017 relating to permitted development...

An inspector has granted retrospective permission for two brightly painted playhouses in the garden of a 16th century cottage in Suffolk, describing them as ‘typical domestic paraphernalia’....

An inspector has refused a proposal for nine homes in Mid Sussex, after ruling that the scheme would cause unacceptable harm to the area’s character, despite a considerable housing supply shortfall....