live music

Appeal: Rule 6 party’s defence of its business persuades inspector

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

agent of change | Business & Enterprise | East of England | Events | expert comment | grade I listed | Heritage | Housing | isolated | live music | noise impact | paragraph 79 | rule 6

Plans for 134 homes next to a grade I listed events venue in Suffolk have been rejected, after the business successfully convinced an inspector that the scheme would violate the ‘agent of change principle’...
Appeals round-up: Georgian replacement shopping centre would harm heritage; Student flats would not cause domination of Edinburgh community

12.03.2021

Matt Moody

appeal costs | building design | Business & Enterprise | conservation area | Design | Environmental | Heritage | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | live music | paragraph 79 | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | recovered appeal | Regeneration | students | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 March-12 March, 2021
Appeal: Costs levied on council for blocking Surrey music festival site

12.03.2021

Matt Moody

Environmental | festivals | Leisure & Tourism | Licensing | live music | noise impact | permitted development | South East

Elmbridge Borough Council ‘failed to apply national policy in a rational way’ by blocking plans to use green belt land near Walton-on-Thames for music festivals and other events, an inspector has ruled,...
Ireland round-up: Affordable housing bill published; Mixed fortunes for capital co-living schemes

22.01.2021

Roger Milne

Co-living | interconnector | Ireland | live music | Policy & Politics | wind farm

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 16 Janaury-22 January, 2021
Appeals round-up: 157 homes allowed at site that can be 'made sustainable'; Boundary-straddling hotel extension escapes enforcement

18.12.2020

Matt Moody

Co-housing | enforcement | fishing | Green Belt | Heritage | hotel | Housing | Leisure & Tourism | live music | local business | noise | Rural | Sports & Recreation | traffic | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 December-18 December, 2020
Appeal: Cocktail bar’s plans for amplification dashed

18.12.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | East Midlands | live music | night time economy | noise impact | small business

A Hucknall cocktail bar’s plans for amplified music have been turned down by an inspector, who ruled that more information was needed to recommended a enforceable condition that would manage noise levels....
Appeals round-up: Light-blocking building allowed with reduced affordable housing; Local house prices outweigh NPPF guidance

06.11.2020

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Business & Enterprise | called-in decision | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | disability | Finance & Viability | Health | Heritage | hotel | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | live music | NPPF | parking | pubs | sunlight | UK | WMS

A round-up of planning appeals: 31 October-6 November, 2020
Appeal: Landlord’s plan to curtail pub’s live music is approved

06.11.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | live music | London | music venue | Night-time economy | noise impact | pubs

An inspector has approved plans for the residential conversion of a South London pub’s upper floors that will force the business to curtail its live music offering, ruling that the pub’s ‘unique character’...
Appeals round-up: Crouch Hill station regeneration plan dismissed; Loss of staff accommodation would harm pub's future viability

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

Build to Rent | Business & Enterprise | Community Infrastructure | Design | Development Management & Enforcement | eco-home | Environmental | Finance & Viability | Heritage | Housing | Leisure & Tourism | live music | music venues | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | public art | pubs | Regeneration | Regeneration | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 29 August-4 September, 2020
Appeal: Historic Birmingham music venue saved from demolition

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

asset of community value | Heritage | Leisure & Tourism | live music | music venues | petition | West Midlands

An inspector has rejected plans to replace Birmingham music venue The Flapper with a block of flats, ruling that the ‘strength and volume’ of objections to the scheme demonstrated the venue’s value to the...