flood risk

Appeal: Costs against council for ‘completely absent’ housing assessment

12.04.2019

An inspector was ‘astonished’ that Blackpool Borough Council had failed to publish an assessment of its housing supply throughout the existence of its core strategy, ordering a full award of costs and...

Appeals round-up: South London flats would be inaccessible to emergency services; Stable conversion inappropriate in green belt

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4 August-10 August, 2018.

Inkberrow Village Green / Colin Craig (Geograph): 1752907

Appeal: Replacement of home with no foundations refused

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for a replacement home in Worcestershire, despite the appellant’s ‘recent discovery’ that the existing house does not have any substantive foundations and is...

Appeals round-up: Wartime demolition does not justify green belt home; Hertfordshire sheltered housing scheme refused for poor design

11.05.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 5 May-11 May, 2018

Appeal: Eton clubhouse approved in ‘high-risk’ flood zone

11.05.2018

Matt Moody

Environmental | flood risk | school | South East | Sports & Recreation

An inspector has granted permission for a timber clubhouse in the grounds of Eton College on land subject to ‘a high probability of flooding’.

Appeal: Flood risk overrides benefits of Welsh autism hospital

16.03.2018

Matt Moody

A specialist hospital and reablement centre in North Wales for people with autism spectrum disorders has been refused permission after an inspector found ‘fundamental and unjustified conflict’...

Appeal: ‘Inadequate detail’ halts 133-home Denbighshire scheme

17.10.2017

Matt Moody

Cymru | development plan | flood risk | Housing | traffic

An inspector has blocked 133 homes near Prestatyn, North Wales, ruling that although the site had been allocated for new housing in the local development plan, the detail of the proposal was ‘...

Appeal: Final go-ahead for 1,280 homes in Perth

15.09.2017

Martha Harris

A1,280 home scheme on Perthshire land first mooted for housing more than 20 years ago has been granted final approval, after a planning obligation to secure a primary school and other facilities...

Appeal: Inspector overrules local plan to allow 50% affordable scheme

18.08.2017

affordable housing | flood risk | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | South West

Permission has been granted for 92 homes near Gloucester, half of which would be designated affordable, after an inspector overruled local housing policy and dismissed concerns about flooding and landscape...

MPs demand sustainable drainage drive to curb flooding

26.04.2017

Huw Morris

Government’s policies on sustainable drainage are failing to protect communities from flood risk and miss opportunities to improve amenity and the environment, according to MPs.

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