heritage assets

Appeal: Aldi store approved despite Lidl objections

22.02.2019

Matt Moody

buses | Business & Enterprise | canal | Finance & Viability | heritage assets | supermarkets | town centre | West Midlands

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

Business & Enterprise | Finance & Viability | heritage assets | sequential test | South East | supermarket | town centre

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

affordable housing | five-year housing supply | GPDO | Heritage | heritage assets | Housing | listed building | Policy & Politics | UK

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

Heritage | heritage assets | Infrastructure - Green | listed building | renewable energy | wind turbine | Yorkshire

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...
Appeal: Multiplex cinema refused due to effect on listed buildings

21.10.2016

Martha Harris

Doncaster | Heritage | heritage assets | Leisure & Tourism | multiplex cinema | Yorkshire

Permission has been refused for a multiplex cinema at the Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster because of the impact the building would have on the settings of Doncaster train station and an 18th century...
Appeal: 270 homes refused due to heritage impact, in light of High Court ruling

30.09.2016

Martha Harris

Colne | five year housing land supply | Heritage | heritage assets | high court | Housing | North West | Planning Law

An inspector has granted permission to Junction Property Limited for 90 homes in Colne, Lancashire, but refused permission for 270 dwellings to the same developer, after finding greater weight should be...
Appeal: Poultry farm approved at Presteigne, Wales

06.10.2015

Martha Harris

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | Heritage | heritage assets | Natural Resources Wales | Poultry farm | Powys

A proposal for two poultry buildings and associated works has been granted in Presteigne, Powys, despite council concerns about their effect on heritage assets and the local tourism industry.