eco-home

Appeal: Safety of house hand-built from tyres not demonstrated

16.10.2020

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a ‘charming’ off-grid Fenland home built from worn-out tyres by hand despite noting that the decision would interfere with the appellant’s human rights,...

Appeals round-up: Crouch Hill station regeneration plan dismissed; Loss of staff accommodation would harm pub's future viability

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 29 August-4 September, 2020

Appeal: Build-to-rent ‘eco-homes’ would be ‘unduly cramped’

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for 17 build-to-rent homes near Canterbury despite the scheme’s ‘sustainability credentials’, criticising its ‘intensive and unduly cramped’ design and layout.

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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....

Appeal: Paragraph 79 nitrate-filtering eco-home rejected

06.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for an eco-home in Norfolk that would include a filtration system to remove agricultural chemicals from groundwater, ruling that the design’s technological innovations did not...

Appeals round-up: Carbon-negative home ‘commendable but not innovative’; HMO refusal partly based on assumptions about future occupants

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 5 Ocotber-11 October, 2019

Appeal: Carbon-negative home ‘commendable but not innovative’

10.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a Passivhaus-standard eco-home in Norfolk that would remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it would produce, citing harm to views over an historic area...

Appeal: Cardboard ‘Wikkelhouse’ would harm setting of listed maritime villa

13.09.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to install an innovative Dutch micro-home in the grounds of a listed Dorset villa for use as holiday accommodation would harm its historic significance, an inspector has ruled.

Appeal: Zero-carbon credentials outweigh spatial plan

09.11.2018

Matt Moody

Design | East Midlands | eco-home | Environmental | zero carbon

Plans for a four-bedroom, zero-carbon home in the Nottinghamshire countryside can go ahead after an inspector afforded decisive weight to the house’s energy efficiency.

Appeal: ‘Paragraph 55’ home proposed with design matters reserved

17.04.2018

Matt Moody

Design | East of England | eco-home | paragraph 55 | Rural

An inspector has refused an ‘eco-home’ in the Suffolk countryside under NPPF paragraph 55, which requires ‘exceptional quality of design’ because the scheme was submitted in...

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