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Appeals round-up: CAMRA evidence counts against pub’s illegal conversion; Housing allowed next to motorway despite air quality concerns

07.02.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 1 February-7 February, 2020

Appeal: Grade-I listed Tudor townhouse would be ‘degraded’ by conversion

07.02.2020

Matt Moody

grade I listed | Heritage | heritage | living conditions | South West

A 16th century former townhouse and courthouse in Chard, Somerset, cannot be converted into a shop, café and flats because the work would cause more harm to its already neglected historic fabric.

Appeal: Jenrick approves 1,524-home scheme against inspector’s advice

17.01.2020

Matt Moody

A former press baron’s plans to build five towers of up to 44 storeys on the Isle of Dogs can go ahead with reduced affordable housing, after the housing secretary approved the plans against his inspector’s...

Appeal: 120-home scheme would undermine literary associations

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited harm to a grade I listed manor house and surrounding landscape associated with the English novelist Thomas Hardy in refusing outline permission for 120 homes in west Dorset.

Appeal: Christmas market would impinge on ‘exceptional’ listed building

15.11.2019

Matt Moody

Permission for a small independent traders’ Christmas market in the forecourt of a grade-I listed building in York has been denied, after an inspector ruled that the temporary wooden sheds would impinge on...

Appeal: Kensington affordable housing schemes refused in triple inquiry

25.10.2019

Matt Moody

After considering three separate proposals to redevelop a brownfield site in West London, an inspector rejected the two that included 100 per cent affordable housing, and granted permission for an office-led...

Appeals round-up: Parking need at disability centre is 'very special circumstances'; Loss of housing stock outweighs benefits of year-round Airbnb

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 1 June-7 June, 2019

130-136, Piccott's End / Anemone Projectors

Appeal: New home would not harm grade-I listed religious paintings

04.06.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a three-bedroom home in Hertfordshire, rejecting the council's argument that the scheme could damage a row of nearby medieval cottages containing rare religious wall...

Appeal: Retail conversion of red phone box would harm setting of V&A museum

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

conservation area | grade I listed | Heritage | listed building | London

An inspector has refused plans to convert an ‘iconic’ red telephone box outside London’s Victoria and Albert museum into a ‘refreshments kiosk’, finding unacceptable harm to the...