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Charnwood cabinet to consider local plan

09.06.2021

Laura Edgar

Charnwood Borough Council’s cabinet is due to consider the area’s local plan this week. It identifies 154 hectares of employment land to support the creation of 8,900 jobs as part of the borough’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Appeal: Sorting office redevelopment would not be of high quality

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to replace a former postal sorting office in Harrow with a six-storey building offering 60 flats and commercial space were rejected by an inspector, who found that the scheme ‘would not achieve a high-...

Appeal: Homes approved on employment land after £1.2m marketing failure

16.04.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 155 homes on land strategically allocated for employment use since 2006, commenting that ‘the time has come to accept’ that market forces were against the council’s vision...

Appeal: Guildford student scheme rejected for loss of designated employment land

27.10.2020

Huw Morris

Business & Enterprise | employment land | Guildford Business Park | South East | Surrey University

Plans to redevelop a site at Guildford Business Park into a student complex have been rejected after an inspector decided the scheme would be an unacceptable loss of employment space.

Appeal: Homes surrounded by industry deemed unacceptable

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

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’....

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