character and appearance

Appeal: Council ‘failed hopelessly’ in refusing mental health unit

06.11.2018

Matt Moody

character and appearance | Cymru | Health | healthcare | industrial estate | Mental health | Planning Law

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...
Appeal: Residential conversion of redundant substation would be ‘incongruous’

21.09.2018

Matt Moody

character and appearance | conversion | Design | London

Revised plans to convert an electricity substation in Stanmore into a home would result in a ‘bulky and cramped’ building that would appear incongruous compared with the large family homes nearby...
Appeal: Chelsea balustrade decision turns on definition of 'roof'

18.09.2018

Matt Moody

character and appearance | Development Management & Enforcement | enforcement | London | Planning Law | privacy

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...
Appeal: Sainsbury's online delivery hub would harm character

29.05.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | character and appearance | internet | North West | supermarket

Plans to add an 'online distribution hub' to a Sainsbury's supermarket in Morecambe have been refused, after an inspector found unacceptable harm to the character of the area.
Appeal: ‘Vibrantly coloured’ children's playhouses not harmful to listed cottage

09.11.2017

Matt Moody

character and appearance | Design | East of England | Heritage | listed building

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’....
Appeal: Block of nine flats would harm 'impressive' Art Deco building

08.08.2017

car parking | character and appearance | Design | Heritage | Housing | interwar | London

An inspector has refused permission for a block of nine flats to be built behind an 'impressive' Art Deco building in south London, having identified harm to the character of the area, neighbours...
Appeal: Nine-home scheme would ‘unacceptably urbanise’ area with housing supply of under three years

16.05.2017

character and appearance | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | rural | South East

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....
Appeal: Proposal to build 47-home scheme around 19th century dairy building refused

09.05.2017

character and appearance | Heritage | Housing | South East

An inspector has rejected plans to build 47 homes centred on a historic former dairy building in Essex, ruling that the development would be out of character with the ‘relatively open’...
Appeal: Flats approved in Barnet after application amendment

03.05.2017

car parking | character and appearance | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | London

An amended proposal to demolish a non-designated heritage asset and construct a block of eight flats in Barnet has been allowed after the original scheme comprising nine flats was deemed harmful to the...
Appeal: Tennis court would not be detrimental to countryside location

07.09.2016

Martha Harris

character and appearance | Rural | Sports & Recreation | Stafford | West Midlands

A tennis court has been approved for Pasturefields Farm in Stafford after an inspector decided that it would not harm the character and appearance of the countryside location.