crime

How good design can help tackle the big issues

04.09.2019

Cat Drew

'Whole system' design has an important role to play in helping policymakers and practitioners address social challenges such as homelessness, crime and in-work poverty, says Cat Drew

Appeal: Mental health accommodation would not harm community safety

26.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to extend a mental health facility in Plaistow to provide an additional seven studio flats, finding no evidence that the plans would cause an increase in antisocial behaviour...

Appeal: Cul-de-sac gates would harm community cohesiveness

29.05.2019

Matt Moody

community cohesion | Community Infrastructure | crime | North West

An inspector has refused plans to install a gate across the entrance to a cul-de-sac of eight detached houses in Liverpool despite residents’ crime concerns, ruling that ‘segregating’ the area would harm...

Appeals round-up: Waitrose rear entrance must stay open despite crime concerns; Paragraph 79 home 'not isolated' under Braintree ruling

24.05.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 May-24 May, 2019

Appeal: Waitrose rear entrance must stay open despite crime concerns

23.05.2019

Matt Moody

An application by a north London branch of Waitrose to combat shoplifting by permanently closing its rear entrance has been rejected by an inspector, who found the scheme would harm the street's designated...

Appeal: 500-capacity bar allowed despite Leeds crime concerns

22.05.2019

Matt Moody

In a ‘finely balanced’ decision, an inspector has approved plans for a 500-capacity bar in Headingley, Leeds, despite accepting that the scheme would be a ‘retrograde step’ in attempts to control alcohol-...

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Appeal: ‘Supported living centre’ would provide poor living conditions

26.03.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a police station in Birmingham into a ‘supported living centre’ for vulnerable people would provide inadequate amenity space and poor levels of natural light, an inspector has ruled.

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Appeal: 10 HMOs allowed above Smethwick high street

12.03.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a developer’s plans to regenerate a high street terrace on the outskirts of Birmingham by converting its upper floor into 10 HMOs – despite an objection from the police.

Appeal: Additional pub could make evening activity ‘bubble over’ into crime

08.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a vacant former supermarket in Worcester city centre into a pub have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that its combination with existing businesses could cause evening activity to lead...

Birmingham joins Secured By Design scheme to tackle crime

03.12.2018

Huw Morris

Birmingham City Council has become the first local authority in the country to sign up to a police initiative for crime prevention standards in all its new social housing schemes.

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