conservation area

Appeals round-up: Double-decker café deemed harmful to AONB; Newly designated conservation area removes demolition rights

18.09.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 September-18 September, 2020

Appeal: Newly designated conservation area removes demolition rights

18.09.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to demolish a Victorian house in Northamptonshire, ruling that the council’s designation of a conservation area after the application had been submitted meant the proposal was...

Appeal: Million-crystal Queen sculpture cannot remain for jubilee

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

An 18-foot sculpture of the queen formed of 999,999 crystals embedded in glass that was installed near Hyde Park in 2018 will not be kept in place for 2022's Platinum Jubilee, after an inspector deemed it ‘...

Appeal: Crouch Hill station regeneration plan dismissed

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

A mixed-use scheme that would have seen the restoration and conversion of the former ticket hall and stationmaster’s house and a new four-storey building at Crouch Hill station in North London has been...

Appeals round-up: Movie-referencing mural would harm listed cinema; Nuclear evacuation concerns prevent two-bed flat

28.08.2020

A round-up of planning appeals: 22 August-28 August, 2020

Appeal: ‘Cat containment area’ deemed harmful to heritage

28.08.2020

Matt Moody

animals | conservation area | Heritage | retrospective permission | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a ‘cat containment area’ added to the front of a stone terraced home in a West Yorkshire conservation area, after rejecting the appellants’ claim that it...

Appeal: Enfield flats proposal rejected for poor roof design

04.08.2020

Huw Morris

A proposal for a three-storey residential block in Southgate, North London, has been rejected after an inspector found its roof design would harm a conservation area.

Appeals round-up: Lizard translocation uncertainty foils 12-home scheme; Disability need does not justify home's 122% enlargement

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

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

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Appeal: ‘Slapdash’ dive bar logo harms conservation area

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a large painted logo on the front façade of a ‘dive bar’ in central Nottingham, commenting that its ‘slapdash’ design did not reflect the ‘rather more...

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Appeal: Fallback justifies harmful homes in AONB and WHS

26.06.2020

Matt Moody

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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