living conditions

Appeal: ‘Oppressive’ student accommodation rejected

18.09.2020

Demographics & Population Growth | Health | living conditions | South East | student accommodation

Plans for 22 serviced apartments in Bournemouth that would feature an ‘impractically small'’ communal space and windows looking directly towards a blank wall would create an ‘oppressive’ effect, an inspector...

Appeal: Enforcement against helicopter operator’s night flights upheld

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

A helicopter operator’s plea for some flights to be allowed past 9pm, claiming that his proposal was ‘essential to the survival of the business’, has been rejected by an inspector, who cited the harmful...

Appeal: Design failures halt Romford regeneration scheme

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to build 110 new homes next to an office block in Romford already being converted into 109 flats under permitted development rules suffered from a range of issues that were ‘symptomatic of the site’s...

Appeal: Council defeated in Hackney warehouse enforcement inquiry

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has granted retrospective permission for the conversion of a former warehouse in north London into studio flats after a long-running dispute, ordering the council to pay partial costs.

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Appeal: Six-storey retirement block allowed next to existing gardens

07.05.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for 61 sheltered apartments can go ahead in Camberley, an inspector has ruled, deciding that an exception to the council's building design guidance was justified.

Appeal: Jenrick finds ‘too many compromises’ in regeneration scheme

01.05.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has rejected major regeneration plans for a business park in Camberwell, south London, ruling that the design sought to ‘maximise, rather than optimise’ the site and was ‘not exemplary...

Appeal: Conversion of HMO bathroom into 14th bedroom blocked

17.04.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a bathroom in a 13-bedroom HMO into a 14th bedroom have been rejected by an inspector, who cited the room’s small floor space, ‘awkward’ window and partially sloped ceiling.

Appeal: Extended ‘cherry season’ would not disrupt locals

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has removed a condition stipulating that a farm in Kent could only process cherries grown in the county, ruling that year-round processing of imported fruit would not ‘erode local residents’...

Appeal: No lifting of noise restrictions on pub’s ‘Aunt Sally’ shy

06.03.2020

Simon Wicks

A pub outbuilding intended for use as an ‘Aunt Sally’ shy cannot also be used as a music venue and must observe restrictions on its hours of use so as not to disturb neighbours.

Appeal: Grade-I listed Tudor townhouse would be ‘degraded’ by conversion

07.02.2020

Matt Moody

grade I listed | Heritage | heritage | living conditions | South West

A 16th century former townhouse and courthouse in Chard, Somerset, cannot be converted into a shop, café and flats because the work would cause more harm to its already neglected historic fabric.

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