employment land

Appeals round-up: Southend Airport hotel approved after meeting parking capacity; Affordable homes allowed on allocated industrial land

20.08.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 14 August-20 August, 2021.

Appeal: Affordable homes allowed on allocated industrial land

20.08.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 50 affordable homes on land on the edge of an industrial estate that was allocated for employment use in an emerging plan, noting that it had last been used for employment...

Government told to consider employment land in planning reforms

15.07.2021

Laura Edgar

The British Property Federation (BPF) has urged the government to improve cross-boundary planning to deliver strategic employment sites as part of its planning reforms.

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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.

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