employment land

Appeal: Homes surrounded by industry deemed unacceptable

19.06.2020

Plans for 163 homes on disused employment land in Corby have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that housing on the site could restrict the development of industrial businesses that surrounded it on...

Appeal: PD fallback justifies 129-home mixed-use scheme

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 129 homes, office space and a care home on designated employment land in Oxfordshire, citing already-granted prior approval for permitted development works at the site....

Appeal: Gasworks regeneration allowed despite allocation conflict

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved regeneration plans for a former gasworks in Hertford that would provide nearly twice as many homes as the council had allocated to the site, following a 12-day inquiry.

Appeals round-up: Conversation at micro pub could disrupt neighbours; Private hospital ‘not an employment use’ despite 150 new jobs

10.01.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4th January-10 January, 2020

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Appeal: Private hospital ‘not an employment use’ despite 150 new jobs

10.01.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to convert former council offices in Rhyl into a 61-bed private mental hospital have been rejected after an inspector ruled that the scheme’s ‘primary aim’ would be to provide medical care, not ‘...

Appeal: Portishead employment land saved for ‘return of certainty’

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for ‘extra care’ housing on long-vacant land allocated for business use in Portishead, commenting that Brexit uncertainty was unlikely to continue ‘for the next few years’....

Appeal: Children’s play centre on Liverpool industrial estate refused

17.10.2018

Matt Moody

A vacant industrial estate unit cannot be converted into a children’s play centre, an inspector has decided, because the scheme would undermine the council’s aim to protect designated ‘...

Appeals round-up: 'Very large' homes would 'frustrate aims' of local plan; Future employment use not ruled out despite 'structural failings'

24.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 August-24 August, 2018.

Appeal: Future employment use not ruled out despite 'structural failings'

23.08.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | employment land | Housing | South East

An inspector has blocked plans to replace the former headquarters of a lighting business with 30 homes, ruling that a future employment use for the site could not be ruled out despite 'structural...

Appeal: Four-storey hotel extension allowed on business park

10.07.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | employment land | hotel | London

An inspector has approved plans to add an additional four storeys to a Premier Inn on a business park in Enfield, despite a local policy seeking to limit development to industrial uses.

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