heritage assets

Appeal: Million-crystal Queen sculpture cannot remain for jubilee

04.09.2020

An 18-foot sculpture of the queen formed of 999,999 crystals embedded in glass that was installed near Hyde Park in 2018 will not be kept in place for 2022's Platinum Jubilee, after an inspector deemed it ‘...

Appeal: Historic galleon replica's advertising screens deemed harmful

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for three screens advertising entry to The Golden Hinde, a replica of Sir Francis Drake's famous 16th century ship, which is now moored on the south bank of...

Appeal: Jenrick rejects 112,000sqm ‘agritech’ campus

17.04.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has rejected plans for an agricultural technology campus in Cambridgeshire, after finding no mechanism to ensure that it did not become a ‘general business park’.

Appeals round-up: Paragraph 79 'hobbit house' not innovative; Housing scheme would harm national park more than 2km away

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 14 December-20 December, 2019

Appeal: Student halls scheme allowed near Colchester Roman ruins

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for student flats near the oldest Roman town walls in Britain that were unanimously rejected by the local council's planning committee have been allowed at appeal – despite strong local opposition and...

Appeals round-up: Pink paint in conservation area is ‘neither bright nor gaudy’; Third adult gaming centre in Hull terrace allowed

25.10.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 October-25 October, 2019

Appeal: Kensington affordable housing schemes refused in triple inquiry

25.10.2019

Matt Moody

After considering three separate proposals to redevelop a brownfield site in West London, an inspector rejected the two that included 100 per cent affordable housing, and granted permission for an office-led...

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

12.06.2019

Matt Moody

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.

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