elderly care

Appeal: Revised Epsom Hospital care community scheme approved

17.09.2021

The redevelopment of land formerly owned by Epsom General Hospital to create a 300-home 'care community' can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, deciding after a six-day inquiry that an amended version of the...

Northern Ireland round-up: West Belfast urban village proposed; Elderly care development proposed for Ballygalley

15.05.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 9 May-15 May, 2020

Appeal: Family unification is a material consideration in holiday let case

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to remove an occupancy condition on a former mill converted into holiday accommodation in 2016 ‘did not fit entirely under the ambit’ of the local policy the council cited in refusing permission, an...

Appeal: Meals on wheels scheme allowed to replace axed council service

28.02.2020

Matt Moody

A Carmarthenshire woman's plan to run a meals on wheels service from an outbuilding at her home to replace a service previously offered by the county council can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, citing the...

Appeal: Green belt harm not 'clearly outweighed' by care village's benefits

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for a major elderly care village in the Meriden Gap near Solihull, citing green belt rules which state that material considerations must 'clearly' – not marginally – outweigh...

Appeal: ‘Pressing need’ justifies specialist dementia care centre

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited Arun’s rapidly ageing population and ‘extremely limited’ availability of specialist dementia care in approving plans for a 64-bed facility in the area, despite its technical conflict...

Appeal: Care home would create 'sense of being unable to leave'

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for a new care home near Altrincham, ruling that the scheme's design and location would not enable residents to 'live as independent a life as possible', contrary to national...

Appeal: Accessibility works at listed almshouses rejected

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has turned down a plan to install dormers to the rear of a terrace of listed almshouses for elderly women in Wandsworth, which would have provided toilet facilities at the same level as bedrooms...

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”.

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