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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...

Appeal: Multiplex cinema refused due to effect on listed buildings

21.10.2016

Martha Harris

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

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

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.