flood risk

Appeal: Loss of facility lands golf course housing proposal in the rough

11.05.2022

A development of 233 homes at a Widnes golf club has been dismissed after an inspector found that the loss of the sports facility outweighed the proposal’s contribution to local housing stock.

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Appeal: Hillingdon mixed-use scheme blocked for failing flooding test

19.01.2022

Huw Morris

An application to build 233 flats and a health centre in West London has been rejected after an inspector decided the developer failed the sequential test on flooding.

News in brief: Ealing approves next phases of Acton Gardens; EnerPHit Plus secured for house in conservation area

11.01.2022

Laura Edgar and Prithvi Pandya

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 11 January, 2022

Northern Ireland round-up: Major Belfast redevelopment scheme lodged; Major Derry Waterside housing scheme floated

07.01.2022

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 1 January-7January, 2022

Wales round-up: Barry Docks biomass plant faces shutdown as council takes enforcement action; Aberavon homes approved

03.09.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 28 August-3 September, 2021

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Ten ideas to make UK towns and cities more flood resilient

31.08.2021

Robert Barker

One of the most tangible effects of climate change so far has been an increase in extreme flood events which necessitates improvements in planning and design to make developments more flood resilient. Robert...

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Appeal: Child’s best interests justify cantilevered river platform

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted retrospective permission for a partly cantilevered riverside viewing platform in the Gloucestershire green belt, finding the appellants’ argument that the structure benefited their...

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Called in: Aberdeenshire Traveller site is approved after eight-year battle

09.04.2021

Matt Moody

Scottish ministers have granted permission for a Gypsy and Traveller site in Aberdeenshire after calling it in for a second time, citing the ‘significant hardship’ that would befall residents if permission...

Appeal: Defective legal agreement scuppers housing despite 2.06-year supply

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

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...

Appeal: Suffolk housing scheme dismissed on flood risk grounds

24.09.2020

Huw Morris

A 40-home development in Suffolk has been rejected after an inspector ruled the scheme was vulnerable to flooding amid conflicting assessments of risk to the site.

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