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Appeal: Orangery 'wholly at odds' with grade II* listed medieval building

01.10.2020

Plans for a glazed extension to a 13th century building in Oakham would be 'wholly incongruous' with the existing structure and were not necessary to secure its optimum viable use, an inspector has ruled....

Appeals round-up: Harmful railings allowed at grade II* listed harbour; 9 Airbnbs in King’s Cross townhouse refused permission

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 June-3 July, 2020

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Appeal: Harmful railings allowed at grade II* listed harbour

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed plans for 652 metres of railings at Ramsgate Royal Harbour despite noting that they would cause heritage harm, ruling that the scheme’s public safety benefits carried decisive weight...

Goldings Manor / Melvyn Cousins (Geograph)

Appeal: 'Quirky' conversion of Victorian water tower rejected

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has dismissed plans to convert a water tower in the grounds of a grade II* listed manor house in the Hertfordshire green belt, despite acknowledging that the scheme would be an 'interesting and...

Appeal: ‘Ugly’ billboard next to grade II* listed pub ‘completely unacceptable’

14.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has called a billboard opposite a historic pub in Camden that has allegedly been in place since 2006 ‘unnecessary and ugly', as well as rejecting the ‘completely unacceptable’ replacement...

Appeal: Residential conversion of grade-II* listed fire station tower rejected

06.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a five-storey tower in north-west London into a one-bedroom flat, despite acknowledging that the plans would create 'a unique and novel living space within a...

Appeal: Housing scheme would harm ‘irreplaceable’ listed farmstead

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for 150 homes near the Meon Valley in Hampshire would harm the setting of two grade II* listed buildings, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite the council’s housing supply shortfall....

Appeal: New housing to fund scheduled monument restoration

05.12.2018

Matt Moody

An ‘at risk’ 14th century scheduled monument in the Wirral green belt can be converted into four homes, an inspector has ruled, approving 27 more homes on the site to fund the scheme as ‘...

Appeal: Refurbishing waterlogged garden vaults would harm grade II* listed home

13.10.2017

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An inspector has refused plans to refurbish two underground vaults in the rear garden of a 17th century Hampstead home, ruling that their ‘humble and functional’ character would be lost,...