flood risk

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...

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...

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