housing allocation

Appeal: Bath scheme can include student flats despite local objections

26.03.2021

Plans to redevelop brownfield land in Bath to provide 104 flats and 186 units of student accommodation would not prejudice the delivery of housing in the city, an inspector has ruled, approving the scheme...

Appeal: Council criticised for refusing housing on recently allocated site

12.03.2021

Matt Moody

appeal costs | Housing | housing allocation | Sustainability | Yorkshire

Harrogate Borough Council must pay costs for blocking plans for 140 homes on land it had recently allocated for housing, after an inspector ruled that the planning application process was ‘not the occasion’...

Appeals round-up: Gas-powered power generator would not be air quality neutral; ‘Eco studios’ for holidaying gliders blocked despite support

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 Februrary-12 February, 2021

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Appeal: 505-home scheme approved despite loss of historic pub

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

A dual application to build 490 homes on greenfield land next to Bromsgrove along with a further 15 homes in place of a historic but dilapidated listed pub in the town has been approved by an inspector after...

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Appeal: Costs against council for ‘untenable’ reserved matters refusal

22.01.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has ordered Dorset Council to pay costs for unreasonable behaviour after it refused to approve a 350-home scheme near two AONBs, despite having allocated the site for development, granted...

Appeal: Student halls refused at site allocated for housing

25.11.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for a seven-storey block of 182 student bedrooms on land in Reading already allocated for regular housing have been blocked because the inspector ruled that the ‘pressing need’ for affordable housing...

Appeals round-up: ‘Retrofitted’ mitigation justifies dark sky home; Holiday let sailing boat on green belt reservoir refused

13.11.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 7 November-13 November, 2020

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Appeal: Housing allocation exceeded by a factor of 10

13.11.2020

Matt Moody

East of England | grade I listed | Housing | housing allocation | outline permission

An inspector has approved plans for 170 homes on the edge of a village east of Norwich, despite acknowledging that her decision would mean a total of 475 homes could be built in an area the council had...

Appeal: Gasworks regeneration allowed despite allocation conflict

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved regeneration plans for a former gasworks in Hertford that would provide nearly twice as many homes as the council had allocated to the site, following a 12-day inquiry.

Appeal: Housing plans blocked again at formerly allocated site

14.05.2019

Matt Moody

A reporter has blocked a second application by Gladman Developments to build up to 119 homes on land outside Linlithgow, west of Edinburgh, which was removed from the council's housing allocation plan...

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