GPDO

Appeal: Council's concern over future PD conversion dismissed

15.11.2019

An inspector has made an office block in Birmingham eligible for conversion to flats under permitted development by removing a condition applied to it in 2006, despite council concerns about the building’s...

Appeal: Permitted development scheme blocked for harm to living conditions

15.11.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused prior approval to convert offices next to two music venues in Birmingham into flats, ruling that the impact of noise on the living conditions of future occupants was an ‘implicit‘...

Appeal: PD fallback justifies 'unacceptable' living conditions

18.10.2019

Matt Moody

An office-to-residential conversion scheme in south London that would lead to 'unacceptable' living conditions' can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, because a more profitable permitted development fallback...

Appeals round-up: Carbon-negative home ‘commendable but not innovative’; HMO refusal partly based on assumptions about future occupants

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 5 Ocotber-11 October, 2019

Appeal: Honey production facility not permitted development

11.10.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to build a ‘honey barn’ in Essex under permitted development rules have been blocked after an inspector ruled that while breeding of queen bees is an agricultural use, processing and jarring of honey...

Appeals round-up: Fourth pizza takeaway in Eltham street would add ‘vibrancy’; Historic Bletchley Park hall saved from demolition

27.09.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 September-27 September, 2019

Appeal: GPDO office conversion allowed despite ‘quality of life’ concerns

26.09.2019

Matt Moody

The conversion of an office on an industrial estate to 30 flats can go ahead even though residents would have to close their windows for ‘significant periods’ because of noise, after an inspector found no...

Enforcement: Sagging 'makeshift' extension harmful to conservation area

09.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a portico extension to a house in Luton with a 'significant sag' in its middle, finding its poor design at odds with the surrounding conservation area....

Planning professionals react to windowless flats appeal

16.07.2019

Matt Moody

Senior built environment figures have expressed outrage after a story by The Planner highlighted a recent appeal decision to approve windowless flats in Watford, with one calling for a Parliamentary debate on permitted development.

Enforcement: Online comments undermine motocross appeal

12.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of a former quarry for unauthorised motocross racing and fishing, citing online comments contradicting the appellant’s case that the motocross use...

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