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Outline consent for industrial development granted

30.11.2020

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | industrial land | Rotherham | rotherham metropolitan borough council | Yorkshire

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has granted – with conditions – planning permission for up to 67,036 square metres of employment floor space including up to 5,088 square metres of ancillary office floor space, an HGV fuelling station and lorry-washing facilities at land off Cumwell Lane,...

Appeal: Change of use would not support Hatton Garden jewellery trade

14.09.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused to remove a condition preventing the change of use of a jewellery workshop in Hatton Garden, London, dismissing the appellant’s ‘pessimistic view’ that the...

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Appeal: Trampoline park allowed on safeguarded industrial estate

16.02.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for a trampoline park in an industrial building reserved for employment use in the area’s core strategy can go ahead, after an inspector found no reasonable prospect of an employment use coming...

The last mile: Challenges for urban logistics

15.02.2018

Mark Smulian

In the ultra-competitive world of online retailing, demand for ‘urban logistics’ hubs is rising. But delivery firms are also having to compete with housing developers for town centre sites, as...

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Appeal: No permission for swim school on Essex industrial estate

22.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert an industrial unit into a swim school for children because of unsafe parking arrangements and a conflict with local employment land policy.

Appeals round-up: Horse insemination ‘not a sporting activity’; Phone mast in place of football floodlight would be ‘incongruous’

29.09.2017

A round-up of planning appeals: 26 September-1 October, 2017

Appeals round-up: Caithness wind turbines will not overwhelm landscape; Non-industrial use allowed for ‘Riverside Opportunity Area’

06.02.2017

Martha Harris

A round-up of appeal decisions: 28 January-6 February, 2017