housing land supply

Appeal: Pandemic effect on housing supply ‘temporary’, rules inspector

18.09.2020

In refusing plans for 81 homes in Bedfordshire, an inspector ruled that although disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic had brought the council’s marginal housing land supply below five years, these...

Appeal: Pandemic effects on housing delivery 'not directly relevant' to supply

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans for 255 homes in Essex, ruling that the Covid-19 pandemic's forecast effects on housing delivery were 'not directly relevant' to five-year housing land supply...

Appeal: Housing harm to world heritage site deemed unacceptable

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has refused permission for 185 homes on land in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site buffer zone, after approving plans by a different developer to build 118 homes on land less...

Appeal: Blood bank redevelopment approved despite local objections

24.07.2020

Matt Moody

A developer’s unpopular plans to build 86 flats at the site of a former NHS blood centre in Essex have been approved following a week-long inquiry, after an inspector deemed the density of the scheme...

Appeals round-up: Vacated post office remains a community facility; Garage 'too small for a car' can become a study

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 June-19 June, 2020

Appeal: 1.3-year housing supply justifies 76 homes in South Wales

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for 76 homes within a designated landscape area and beyond the nearest settlement boundary can go ahead because an inspector considered the council’s ‘serious’ housing shortfall a material...

Appeal: Newly made neighbourhood plan defeats recovered appeal

15.05.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for 65 homes in Farnham recommended for approval by an inspector have been rejected by the housing secretary, who cited the four tests at NPPF paragraph 11 concerning neighbourhood plans.

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Appeal: Pandemic implications cut council’s housing supply

17.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has dismissed plans for 118 homes in the Berkshire countryside, despite revising down the council’s housing land supply in light of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the housebuilding...

Appeal: Local housing policy overruled in 181-home decision

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 181 homes on unallocated land in Devon, challenging the council’s interpretation of its own spatial policies and ruling that they were not meant to ‘cap’ new housing....

Eight councils face presumption in favour of sustainable development

13.02.2020

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | Housing delivery | housing delivery test | housing land supply

The government has published the 2019 results of the Housing Delivery Test, which show that eight local authorities failed to deliver more than 45 per cent of their housing target.

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