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An inspector has cited both the ‘agent of change’ principle and the impact of mechanical ventilation on wellbeing in refusing prior approval to convert a Crawley office building next to a nightclub into 24...

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...

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...

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...