green gap

Appeal: Affordable scheme would undermine urban extension

04.06.2021

Matt Moody

affordable housing | green gap | Housing | social rent | urban extension | West Midlands

A plan for 27 affordable homes south of Worcester has been rejected by an inspector, who found that it would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the council’s allocation of a 2,600-home urban extension to Worcester...
Appeal: 700-home scheme allowed despite development plan conflict

06.03.2020

Matt Moody

East of England | five-year housing supply | green gap | Heritage | Housing | urban extension

An inspector has granted outline permission for a major housing scheme on the Isle of Sheppey after finding no harm was posed to an important local green gap and a listed farmhouse adjacent to the site....
Appeals round-up: Spa homes proposal rejected for harming protected sites; Financial trading antennae not allowed in green belt

14.06.2019

Matt Moody

amenity space | change of use | Community Engagement | crowdfunding | Design | Environmental | European protected species | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | green gap | Health | Heritage | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | National Park | Public Realm | recovered appeal | Regeneration | Rural | sunlight | UK | wildlife | world heritage site

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 June-14 June, 2019
Appeal: Brokenshire scuppers rugby club’s housing plans

23.10.2018

Matt Moody

green gap | Housing | listed building | recovered appeal | Rugby | South West | sport | Sports & Recreation

The housing secretary has rejected Falmouth Rugby Club’s appeal against Cornwall Council’s refusal of its plans to build 226 homes on agricultural land near the town.
Appeal: 175 homes blocked after High Court revokes permission

18.09.2018

Matt Moody

East of England | green gap | high court | Housing | housing supply | paragraph 11 | Planning Law

Plans for 175 homes in Essex have been refused after the High Court quashed a previous inspector’s decision to approve the scheme in light of a legal challenge by Tendring District Council.
Appeal: Isle of Sheppey homes could affect mineral resources

01.02.2018

Matt Moody

caravan park | East of England | green gap | Housing | Minerals | minerals. tourism

Plans for 14 homes on the Isle of Sheppey have been refused in part for failing to submit a minerals assessment, despite the appellant’s argument that there would be no financially viable way to...