housing land supply

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.

Appeal: Ashdown Forest pollution danger from 74-home scheme

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for 74 homes in East Sussex, ruling that the risk of harm to air quality in the area meant the 'tilted balance' of NPPF paragraph 11 could not be engaged.

Appeal: Jenrick dismisses 700-home scheme for harm to listed farmhouse

08.11.2019

Simon Wicks

Robert Jenrick has dismissed a 700 home scheme in Hampshire, ruling that a healthy housing supply in the area meant that its public benefits would not outweigh harm to a grade II listed farmhouse...

Appeal: 249 homes approved despite imminent plan adoption

15.10.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited the ‘tilted balance’ in approving a housing scheme that would harm a designated gap between two Bedfordshire villages, despite the imminent adoption of a new local plan that will...

Appeal: Withdrawn local plan helps to justify 322-home scheme

30.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted outline permission for a major housing scheme in Nottinghamshire after the council withdrew its emerging local plan at a late stage, delaying the process of identifying new sites for...

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