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Appeal: Swansea private healthcare complex ‘could prejudice emerging plan’

05.04.2018

An inspector has refused outline permission to build a private healthcare complex with more than 300 beds on undeveloped land next to an existing hospital in Swansea.

Appeal: ‘Inadequate detail’ halts 133-home Denbighshire scheme

17.10.2017

Matt Moody

Cymru | development plan | flood risk | Housing | traffic

An inspector has blocked 133 homes near Prestatyn, North Wales, ruling that although the site had been allocated for new housing in the local development plan, the detail of the proposal was ‘...

Howden le Wear / Trevor Littlewood (Geograph: 3294066)

Appeal: County Durham mixed-use scheme refused over development plan clash

23.08.2017

Plans for a mixed-use scheme in County Durham to include a care home, retail and community hub, affordable bungalows and self-build homes has been refused for conflicting with the local development plan...

Appeal: 77-home West Sussex scheme would contradict spatial strategy

28.06.2017

affordable housing | development plan | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South East

Plans for 77 homes on a "unique" partially developed site near Ashington, West Sussex have been blocked, after an inspector ruled the scheme's benefits could not outweigh its conflict with the...

Holding notice issued on Birmingham's development plan

27.05.2016

Laura Edgar

Birmingham City Council | development plan | Housing | West Midlands

The government has issued a Holding Notice on the Birmingham Development Plan using its powers under the new Housing and Planning Act.

Birmingham Development Plan approved

21.04.2016

Laura Edgar

The planning inspectorate has approved Birmingham’s development plan, paving the way for the development of 51,100 homes, 6,000 of which are planned for green belt land.

Wales round-up: Welsh First Minister apologises after damning land-sale report; Cardiff council submit objection to plans to redevelop neighbouring council site

29.01.2016

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 23 January-29 January, 2016

Ireland round-up: Social housing programme kicks off, plan to exempt new homes from building rules

07.05.2015

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 2 May-8 May, 2015