landscape impact

Appeal: Planning balance 'significantly against' 97-home Gladman scheme

23.08.2019

A developer's plans to build 97 homes on unallocated land in Colchester have been blocked, after an inspector found unacceptable landscape and heritage harm following a five-day inquiry.

Appeal: Private 16,500 sq m lake would harm AONB

02.07.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to create an artificial private lake in Kent with a footprint of more than 16,500 square metres, citing harm to the special qualities of the High Weald AONB.

Appeal: Landscape harm outweighs gypsy family’s human rights

21.06.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector cited landscape harm in refusing permission for a gypsy pitch in Kent, ruling that the resulting interference with the appellant’s human rights was ‘proportionate and necessary in the public...

Appeal: Split decision on 315-home Ipswich scheme

07.03.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has issued a split decision on plans for 315 homes on the edge of Ipswich, giving the go-ahead for 190 homes on the southern portion of the site.

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Appeal: 94 homes refused in Oxfordshire despite housing supply shortfall

19.04.2018

Matt Moody

five-year housing supply | Housing | landscape impact | South West | tilted balance

An inspector has cited ‘significant landscape harm’ for his refusal of plans for 94 homes north-west of Oxford, despite the substantial number of affordable homes proposed.

Appeal: Temporary coal mine would be intolerable for Derbyshire community

07.03.2018

Matt Moody

Permission for a 42-month surface coal mining operation near Clay Cross, Derbyshire, was blocked after an inspector found it would require ‘an excessive degree of forbearance’ on the part of...

Ramsey, Cambridgeshire / Richard Humphrey

Appeal: Council's opposition to 141-home scheme ‘hard to understand’

15.01.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted outline permission for 141 homes near Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, calling Huntingdonshire District Council’s stance on the accessibility of the site ‘hard to understand...

Appeal: Council understated landscape harm of 150-home scheme

11.01.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | landscape impact | listed building | NPPF | South West

An inspector has refused outline permission for 150 homes in Somerset, deciding that although the scheme’s public benefits outweighed its modest harm to heritage assets, the effect on the surrounding...

Appeal: New community pitches approved for Yeovil Town FC

02.01.2018

Matt Moody

Plans submitted by Yeovil Town FC to build two new pitches west of the town for community use have been approved, clearing the way for a future scheme to redevelop the club’s match-day stadium.

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Appeal: Housing shortfall need not always trigger NPPF tilted balance, says inspector

08.09.2017

An inspector has refused plans for 165 homes on greenfield land near Harrogate, after ruling that the ‘tilted balance’ of NPPF paragraph 14 should not automatically be engaged when there is a...

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