extra care

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