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Appeal: Brokenshire overrules inspector to throw out 471-home Whitechapel plan

12.06.2019

The housing secretary has rejected a third attempt by Sainsbury’s to secure consent for 471 homes at the site of its existing store in Whitechapel, East London, citing heritage harm and inadequate light...

Appeal: Heritage harm halts hundreds of homes in Gloucestershire

17.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for 370 homes near Thornbury, Gloucestershire, despite ruling that the scheme would not be premature to the council’s emerging joint spatial plan.

Appeal: 836 new student beds turned down at the University of Reading

14.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for new student accommodation at the University of Reading, despite the scheme’s ‘significant gestation period’ and resulting support from council officers.

Appeal: Aldi store approved despite Lidl objections

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a new Aldi store on the outskirts of Whitchurch, Shropshire, have been approved, despite objections from rival supermarket Lidl, who argued the impact on its town centre store would be ‘...

Appeal: Aldi supermarket approved contrary to development plan

16.01.2019

Matt Moody

Following a five-day inquiry an inspector has approved plans for an Aldi supermarket on the edge of Gillingham, Dorset, ruling that it would not prejudice the council’s plans for an urban extension to...

Appeals round-up: Javid blocks two housing schemes in Nottinghamshire; British weather does not justify basement for listed building

27.04.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 April-27 April, 2018

Appeal: Setting of country house outweighs benefits of wind turbine

09.01.2018

Matt Moody

In a ‘finely balanced’ decision, an inspector has refused permission for a 35-metre wind turbine that would save 52 tonnes of carbon emissions each year because it would harm the setting of the...

Appeal: Javid refuses seven wind turbines in Lincolnshire countryside

26.10.2017

Matt Moody

East Midlands | Environmental | heritage assets | Infrastructure - Green | wind turbine

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has refused plans for seven wind turbines in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, ruling that harm to the character of the area outweighed the benefits of renewable energy.

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Appeal: Chapel conversion allowed despite risk to 175-year-old tree

02.05.2017

Environmental | Heritage | heritage assets | South West | trees

An inspector has allowed plans to convert a historically significant former chapel in Oxfordshire into a home, despite concerns that it would lead to pressure to allow harmful pruning of the protected horse...

Appeal: ‘Critical need’ to provide housing for elderly people outweighs conservation area harm

27.04.2017

conservation area | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | heritage assets | South West

An inspector has allowed plans to convert a disused Victorian hotel into 24 assisted living apartments in the New Forest after ruling that the ‘critical need’ to provide housing for older people...

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