living conditions

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...

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’...

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.

An inspector has cited both the ‘agent of change’ principle and the impact of mechanical ventilation on wellbeing in refusing prior approval to convert a Crawley office building next to a nightclub into 24...