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

17.10.2018

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.

Appeal: Business use preferred to continuation of community centre

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

A community centre operating on a Luton industrial estate since 2008 has been refused permission to stay open for another three years after an inspector found a recent increase in demand for the site’s...

Appeals round-up: Glazed extension to 16th century manor house refused; Canine day crèche refused on employment land

13.04.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 7 April-13 April, 2018

Appeal: Canine day crèche refused on employment land

13.04.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | DOG KENNELS | employment land | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | South East

An inspector has refused plans to use a vacant industrial unit in Stevenage as a canine day crèche because of the need for employment land identified in the emerging local plan.

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Appeal: Gas-fired power plant would be ‘renewable-associated infrastructure’

06.04.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved an 8 megawatt gas-fired ‘peaking’ power plant in Cumbria, finding that its role in balancing the intermittent power supply from renewable energy sources meant it could...

Appeal: Award-winning gym fails sequential test

04.04.2018

Matt Moody

Retrospective permission for a gym on a business park near Liverpool has been refused despite its ‘considerable benefits’, after the appellant failed to demonstrate that ‘sequentially...

Appeals round-up: Trampoline park allowed on safeguarded industrial estate; Costs awarded over Leeds Wetherspoon conversion

16.02.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 10 February-16 February, 2018

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