extra care

England round-up: More councils face presumption in favour of sustainable development; Pincher urges councils to keep local plans up to date

22.01.2021

Laura Edgar

England | extra care | Hereford | isle of wight | Waste & Recycling | Water & Marine

A round-up of planning news in England: 16 January-22 January, 2021
Appeal: Luxury 'extra care' scheme approved despite mayor's ruling

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Demographics & Population Growth | extra care | Finance & Viability | London | Regeneration | Regeneration | use class order | viability assessment

Plans to regenerate a former college in Kensington to provide 142 'extra care' units worth up to £6m each can go ahead, after an inspector rejected the GLA's 2019 ruling that the units were not exempt from...
Appeal: Inspector backs Surrey care homes on character and heritage grounds

03.08.2020

Huw Morris

extra care | Heritage | Housing | Legal | Policy & Politics | South East | Surrey Heath Borough Council | Your Life Management Services

Planning permission has been granted for the demolition and redevelopment of a site in Bagshot, Surrey, to build extra care apartments after an inspector decided it would not harm the area’s character and...
Appeal: ‘Police advice’ does not justify listed building harm

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

covid-19 | extra care | Heritage | listed building | listed building consent | North West | Planning Law | police

An inspector has rejected a developer’s unsupported claim that alterations to a 17th century building were justified because ‘a concerned police officer’ had advised him to secure it against vandalism and...
Appeal: Green belt harm not 'clearly outweighed' by care village's benefits

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

ageing population | dementia | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly care | extra care | Housing | West Midlands

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...
Appeals round-up: No evidence that ‘oppressive’ flats would be tailored for disabled; ‘Densely overgrown’ land preferred to school facilities

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Community Infrastructure | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | disability | extra care | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | Heritage | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | motorways | pastiche | school | supermarkets | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 16 February-22 February, 2019
Appeal: Care complex benefits do not outweigh green belt harm

20.02.2019

Matt Moody

care home | Demographics & Population Growth | extra care | Green Belt | Housing | South East

Plans to replace a strawberry farm in Runnymede with a 40-bed care home and 110 ‘extra care’ units have been blocked, after an inspector dismissed the appellant’s criticism of the area’s designated green...
Appeals round-up: Pub with dance floor ‘not a restaurant’; Council must pay costs for misinterpreting GPDO

15.02.2019

Matt Moody

Article 4 | Business & Enterprise | Community Infrastructure | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | Development Management & Enforcement | extra care | Fracking | GPDO | Housing | Passivhaus | recovered appeal | school | starter homes | UK | Use classes

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 February-15 February, 2019