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Appeal: Fallback justifies harmful homes in AONB and WHS

26.06.2020

Six affordable homes in Cornwall that would ‘greatly compromise’ views of the surrounding AONB and World Heritage Site can go ahead, after an inspector decided that an extant fallback scheme would be more...

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Appeal: Tree concerns scupper subterranean Yorkshire eco-home

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for an underground eco-home in the grounds of a 19th century house on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales have been refused by an inspector, who expressed doubts over potential harm to nearby trees....

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Appeal: Islington infill home 'would relate to neither neighbour'

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for a new home in a gap between two Georgian terraces in Islington despite its design by an award-winning architect, citing harm to the conservation area.

Appeals round-up: Policy wording foils church conversion; Victorian conservation area building can make way for flats

15.05.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 May-15 May, 2020

Theale, Berkshire / Shutterstock: 1148726879

Appeal: Victorian conservation area building can make way for flats

15.05.2020

Matt Moody

building design | conservation area | Heritage | heritage asset | South West

Plans to demolish an early 19th century building in Theale, Berkshire, to make way for a block of 15 flats can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, describing the proposed replacement building as ‘subtle’....

Appeal: Passivhaus homes refused despite green space oversupply

27.03.2020

Matt Moody

A housing association's plans to build 25 energy-efficient homes on designated green space in a Wychavon village have been rejected, despite a ‘technical oversupply’ of green space in the area.

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Appeal: Housing scheme fails at reserved matters stage

27.03.2020

Matt Moody

character and appearance | conservation area | East Midlands | Housing | outline permission

Plans for 55 homes in south Cambridgeshire that received outline permission in 2017 have been refused final approval after an inspector found harm to the character of an historic village.

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Appeal: Existing anti-suicide fencing preferred to redesigned alternative

13.03.2020

Matt Moody

A heritage group's alternative plans for anti-suicide fencing on the grade-II listed Archway Bridge in north London have been rejected by an inspector who ruled that the new design would be less effective in...

Appeal: Successful relocation for popular village ‘pizza garage’

06.03.2020

Matt Moody

A popular wood-fired pizza business that was refused permission at appeal in 2018 has won consent after moving into new premises 170 metres away, after an inspector deemed the new location more ‘discreet’....

Appeal: ‘Vibrant' pink paint at odds with conservation area

06.03.2020

Matt Moody

conservation area | Heritage | North West | paint | retrospective permission

An inspector has refused retrospective permission to paint a home in a Merseyside conservation area a ‘vibrant’ shade of pink, deeming the colour scheme ‘at odds with the palette’ of the area.

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