flood risk

An inspector has rejected a developer’s plan to build 146 homes in Bradford despite the council’s significant housing supply shortfall, citing a ‘defective’ unilateral undertaking that did not secure...

An inspector cited risk of flooding in refusing permission for a medicinal hemp farm in Brentwood having elevated it to a determinative issue, despite ruling that the proposal was not inappropriate green...

An inspector has quashed enforcement action against temporary on-land accommodation for a historic barge on an island in the River Thames, rejecting the council’s concerns about flooding.

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...