landscape impact

Appeal: Student halls would ‘radically alter’ landscape at rural university

02.09.2021

Plans for three blocks of student halls at a rural university in Gloucestershire would ‘radically alter’ the landscape at the appeal site, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite the university’s...

Appeal: Retirement village’s benefits outweigh countryside intrusion

04.06.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a retirement village in Horsham offering 146 ‘continuing care’ apartments and various community facilities can go ahead, after an inspector ruled that the scheme’s benefits outweighed its harm to...

Appeal: ‘Holiday village’ at Chipping Norton hotel rejected

23.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans submitted by an Oxfordshire hotel and golf course for 73 ‘holiday homes’ have been rejected by an inspector, who ruled that the council’s ‘brief, non-committal response’ to a pre-application request...

Appeal: 123-metre egg shed would harm Kent Downs AONB

22.01.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for an organic egg enterprise in rural Kent that involved a 123-metre-wide poultry shed have been blocked by an inspector, who found unacceptable harm to the character of the Kent Downs area of...

Appeal: Major land levelling works to create polo field ruled unacceptable

05.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to create a polo field and sand school in the Essex countryside that would require parts of the land to be raised by almost 10 metres would cause unacceptable harm, ruled an inspector.

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

23.08.2019

Matt Moody

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.

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