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Appeal: Sustainable development clause wins housing approval

20.08.2021

Outline planning permission has been granted for 110 homes in the Hampshire countryside after an inspector applied the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Appeals round-up: PD upward extension would block existing residents’ light; Inspector approves cross-boundary housing scheme in Hampshire

06.08.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 31 July-6 August, 2021

Appeal: No exceptional circumstances to justify 473-home AONB scheme

06.08.2021

Matt Moody

A developer’s plans to build 473 homes in the north-western tip of the High Weald AONB have been blocked by an inspector, who decided that the ‘huge challenges’ the council faced in providing housing were...

Appeal: AONB retirement village would be ‘in the public interest’

02.07.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a retirement village in the Chilterns AONB offering 133 assisted living homes can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, commenting that the local development plan was ‘plainly left wanting’ in...

Appeal: Lack of affordable housing gets 400-home scheme rejected

29.01.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector cited a major developer’s zero per cent affordable housing offer in refusing plans for 400 homes near Manchester, saying that it would have reduced the risk to the developer ‘at the expense of...

Recovered appeal: Welsh minister puts local plan first and rejects Caerphilly housing scheme

26.10.2020

Huw Morris

Cymru | Housing | housing supply | local development plan | site allocation

A Welsh minister has rejected an inspector’s recommendation and refused outline permission for up to 300 homes near Blackwood after citing the primacy of the local plan.

Judge orders Leeds to send back green belt allocations to Whitehall

14.08.2020

Huw Morris

The High Court has decreed that all green belt allocations in Leeds City Council’s Site Allocations Plan (SAP) should be sent back to the secretary of state for redetermination.

Appeal: Jenrick rejects housing scheme following High Court order

26.06.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has blocked plans for 203 homes near Milton Keynes after his predecessor Sajid Javid's decision to refuse permission was successfully challenged by the developer in court.

Legal briefs: ‘Landmark’ housing supply judgment praised; Police probe Bristol slaver statue dump

12.06.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 6 June-12 June, 2020

The future of plan-making in light of Covid-19

09.04.2020

Roland Brass

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to cause significant slippage in both the progress of local plans and housing completions. Roland Brass speculates on the implications, and potential solutions to the...

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