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Appeal: 29-storey tower rejected in low-rise Kennington

15.01.2021

A developer’s plan to deliver 258 new homes on a 0.7-hectare site in South London has been blocked following a public inquiry, after an inspector labelled the proposal an ‘alien and incongruous’ development...

More than 400 places added to the heritage list

16.12.2020

Laura Edgar

Historic England has announced that 423 historic places have been added to the National Heritage List during 2020.

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Supreme Court rules on decorative urns planning saga

29.05.2020

Huw Morris

Development Management & Enforcement | listed buildings | Planning Law | supreme court | West Midlands

A listed buildings enforcement appeal inspector should have considered whether decorative urns were 'buildings' under a ruling by the Supreme Court on a five-year planning battle between a member of the public and Stratford-upon-Avon Council.

Why putting heritage at the back of your list could be criminal for future generations

27.01.2020

Kevin Balch

Heritage | historic buildings | listed buildings | UK

The pressure to develop puts heritage under threat. Planners have an important part to play in ensuring new development respects the historic fabric of our environments, says Kevin Balch

Appeals round-up: Notice upheld against blue-painted terraced house; Housing plans blocked again at formerly allocated site

17.05.2019

Matt Moody

Appeal: 286 student flats refused in historic Oxford

08.12.2017

Matt Moody

Highly controversial plans for new student accommodation in Oxford will not go ahead after an inspector ruled that Oxford's housing crisis is ‘only temporary’ and cannot outweigh ‘more...

LBC applications on the rise

07.12.2015

Laura Edgar

England | Heritage | historic england | listed building consent | listed buildings

The number of Listed Building Consent (LBC) applications has risen since the recession, according to a recent report.

Appeal: Gypsy caravan site poses no risk to heritage assets

02.11.2015

Martha Harris

enforcement | Housing | listed buildings | South West | traveller pitches

An enforcement notice has been quashed and planning permission granted for a six-pitch private gypsy caravan site refused by South Somerset District Council, after an inspector found the proposal would not...

Northern Ireland round-up: Redeveloped Antrim army base, new listed buildings in Belfast

15.01.2015

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 10 January - 16 January, 2015