elderly care

Appeals round-up: Elderly home support policy weighs against care home; Shipping container café allowed despite ‘design shortcomings’

01.03.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 23 February-1 March, 2019

Appeal: Elderly home support policy weighs against care home

26.02.2019

Matt Moody

A proposed four-storey care home in Edinburgh has been turned down in light of the council’s policy aim to ‘move away from an over-reliance on institutional care and towards support in the home”.

Artist's impression / Newcastle University

Newcastle University unveils major hospital redevelopment plan

13.02.2019

Huw Morris

elderly care | Health | Newcastle | Newcastle University | North East

Newcastle University is proposing a significant redevelopment of the former general hospital into a centre of excellence for care of older people after buying the site.

Appeals round-up: Tourist accommodation at alpaca farm would be inappropriate; Golf netting refused for green belt harm despite safety concerns

14.12.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 December-14 December 2018

Appeal: Care home allowed on site allocated to recreation use

18.09.2018

Matt Moody

A 64-bed care home has been approved on land reserved for ‘recreation use’ in the local development plan, after an inspector found the Bicester area’s need for care facilities to be a...

Appeal: Whiteley Village expansion blocked despite ‘urgent need’

13.09.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for 60 new almshouses and a 40-unit care home at an Edwardian retirement village in Surrey, despite the 'urgent and growing' local need for accommodation for the...

Appeal: County council intervention prevents care home redevelopment

30.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to replace a Chichester care home with six houses, citing figures that project an increase in the number of people suffering from dementia.

Appeal: Hertfordshire sheltered housing scheme refused for poor design

11.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to replace four large homes in Kings Langley with a 40-unit sheltered housing block, concluding that the scheme ‘would not amount to good design’.

Appeal: Special circumstances unproven for green belt granny annexe

28.02.2018

Matt Moody

annexe | East Midlands | elderly care | Green Belt | Rural

Plans for a detached granny annexe in the grounds of a farmhouse in the Nottingham green belt have been refused as the appellant failed to explain how extant plans for an annexe within the main house would...

Appeal: Developer’s profit requirement lowers affordable housing contribution

11.01.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted permission for 41 sheltered housing apartments in Deal, Kent, with a reduced affordable housing contribution, saying the ‘uncertainty associated with sheltered housing...

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