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Appeal: Traveller pitch refused in Essex green belt

23.07.2021

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | East of England | Green Belt | gypsy travellers | hearing | intentional unauthorised development | traveller pitch

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a Traveller pitch near Wickford, Essex, ruling that ‘very special circumstances’ did not exist to justify granting permission even when taking into account...
Appeal: 115-room HMO’s windowless rooms would harm residents

11.06.2021

Matt Moody

Co-housing | Health | hearing | HMO | hotel | Housing | living conditions | London | outlook | privacy | sunlight

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a large hotel in north-west London into a 115-home HMO, commenting that even a period of three months would be ‘a significant time to be living in a place without...
Appeal: Traveller site approved again despite ‘action group’ objections

07.05.2021

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | gypsy travellers | hearing | living conditions | traveller pitches | West Midlands

An inspector has granted a new permission for a Gypsy Traveller pitch in Wychavon after an earlier permission was lost following non-compliance with conditions, commenting that concerns raised by the settled...
Appeal: AONB barn could not be less intrusive

05.02.2021

Matt Moody

AONB | building design | Business & Enterprise | Design | hearing | Rural | storage | trees | West Midlands

An inspector has quashed enforcement action against a building in the Malvern Hills AONB and approved its use for storing tree surgery equipment, questioning the council’s requirements for its design.
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Appeal: Council defeated in abandonment hearing

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

Abandonment | certificate of lawful use | hearing | Planning Law | Yorkshire

Despite acknowledging the 'very poor' physical condition of a building in Yorkshire and the appellant's failure to make it watertight, an inspector decided that a 'reasonable onlooker' would not...
Appeal: Kensington hotel to 'super-prime' home conversion blocked

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

hearing | hotel | Housing | Kensington and Chelsea | Leisure & Tourism | London | luxury housing | prime housing

Plans to convert a five-storey former hotel near Hyde Park into a 'very large' five-bedroom luxury home have been rejected by an inspector, who found that the site could provide a 'better mix' of housing....
Appeal: Game shooting ‘does not enhance tranquility’, says inspector

01.05.2020

Matt Moody

countryside | Environmental | farm diversification | hearing | Leisure & Tourism | National Park | ppg | South East | tranquility

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of land in the South Downs National Park for game shooting, finding that the use conserved but did not enhance the tranquility of the area.
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Appeal: ‘Pressing need’ justifies specialist dementia care centre

24.01.2020

Matt Moody

ageing population | agricultural land | dementia | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly care | hearing | South East

An inspector has cited Arun’s rapidly ageing population and ‘extremely limited’ availability of specialist dementia care in approving plans for a 64-bed facility in the area, despite its technical conflict...
Appeals round-up: Paragraph 79 'pin-wheel' house is not innovative; 'Disaster recovery centre' at country house not allowed

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

air quality | Brexit | building design | Design | Environmental | Green Belt | hearing | Heritage | Housing | NPPF | paragraph 79 | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 November-6 November, 2019
Appeal: 'Restructuring' of listed Abaraeron hotel blocked

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Community Engagement | community facility | Cymru | hearing | Heritage | hotel | parking | tourism

A developer's plans to split a popular hotel into three separate businesses following the retirement of its former owners has been rejected, after local residents 'spoke powerfully' about the effects of...