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Appeal: Local housing policy overruled in 181-home decision

20.03.2020

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....

Appeal: Jenrick quashes enforcement against museum for ‘India’s greatest figure’

13.03.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has quashed enforcement action against a museum commemorating the Indian statesman Dr B R Ambedkar that was set up in a Camden townhouse bought and converted by an Indian state...

Enforcement: Action against Welsh seaside adventure business upheld

12.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against an outdoor activities provider's use of a Pembrokeshire beach car park despite its use by other providers for more than 30 years, citing the appellant's...

Appeals round-up: Private osteopath clinic is a community facility; 'Dual use' cabin with zip wire platform harmful to AONB

29.11.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 23 November-29 November, 2019

Enforcement: ‘Intimate’ recollections outweigh aerial photographs at inquiry

27.11.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has quashed enforcement action alleging that a building in the Kent countryside was built recently without permission, after a witness’s account of his ‘childish antics’ in the building...

Appeal: Third rejection against inspector's advice for 184-home scheme

08.11.2019

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has refused plans for 184 homes in Cheshire against the recommendation of a planning inspector for the third time since the application was submitted in 2013, following the appellant's...

Appeals round-up: Social benefits of greenhouse are 'very special circumstances'; Beer garden privacy outweighs 4m play frame

20.09.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 14 September-20 September, 2019

Appeals round-up: Planning balance 'significantly against' 97-home Gladman scheme; Timber processing not allowed under green belt forestry exception

23.08.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 17 August-23 August, 2019

Appeal: NPPF footnote justifies Lake District wind farm extension

02.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has become the first to interpret footnote 49 of the NPPF in ruling that an application to extend the life of a Lake District wind farm until 2028 constituted 'repowering' and, therefore, did...

Appeal: Brokenshire blocks 1,500 homes near Braintree

14.06.2019

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has refused plans to build 1,500 homes between Braintree and Rayne, a nearby village, ruling that the scheme would ‘appreciably diminish the sense of separation’ between the settlements...

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