living conditions

Appeal: Traveller site approved again despite ‘action group’ objections

07.05.2021

An inspector has granted a new permission for a Gypsy Traveller pitch in Wychavon after an earlier permission was lost following non-compliance with conditions, commenting that concerns raised by the settled...

Appeal: Age ‘no reason’ to deny residents pleasant outdoor space

07.05.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans for 45 retirement apartments in Handforth, Cheshire, ruling that residents should not be denied ‘the choice of sitting out in a pleasant space’, even if their age meant they...

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Appeal: Sorting office redevelopment would not be of high quality

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to replace a former postal sorting office in Harrow with a six-storey building offering 60 flats and commercial space were rejected by an inspector, who found that the scheme ‘would not achieve a high-...

Appeals round-up: Two housing schemes approved at joint inquiry; Edinburgh flat’s use as Airbnb is ruled ‘relatively unproblematic’

23.04.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 17 April-23 April, 2021

Appeal: No ‘exceptional justification’ for industrial estate ‘boarding house’

23.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a Birmingham industrial estate building into a ‘boarding house’ offering ‘short-term accommodation to support local industry’ were rejected by an inspector, who found various policy...

Appeal: Need for housing does not justify design failings

09.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for 268 flats on a business park in Hemel Hempstead have been blocked by an inspector, who commented that the need for housing ‘should not compromise the drive for quality’, finding that residents’...

Appeal: Enforcement upheld against ‘thriving creative hub’

05.03.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has reluctantly upheld enforcement action against a ‘successful and thriving artistic community’ in Tottenham despite noting that it was ‘a more attractive place to live’ than many flat...

Appeal: 841-home Sefton scheme would deliver ‘specific benefits'

26.02.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for 841 new homes on former green belt land on Merseyside have been approved by an inspector subject to conditions managing the impact of construction traffic on existing residents, after he found ‘...

Appeal: UK's first ‘hangar homes’ scheme dismissed

05.02.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to build six mixed-use ‘hangar homes’ with accommodation above a working aircraft hangar on an airfield near Portsmouth have been blocked by an inspector, who ruled that occupants would suffer...

Appeal: Developer criticised over historic East London pub conversion

22.01.2021

Matt Moody

After a two-day public inquiry, an inspector has upheld enforcement action against a developer who converted The Antelope, a 19th-century pub in Leyton, into flats, criticising the ‘cramped’ flats and the...

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