living conditions

Appeal: Romford scheme would not be ‘profligate’ use of brownfield site

10.01.2019

An inspector has approved plans for the residential-led redevelopment of a brownfield site in Romford, despite acknowledging that eight of the apartments would have a ‘particularly gloomy’...

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Enforcement: Notice quashed after tenants’ sworn statements

17.10.2018

Matt Moody

An enforcement notice against the unauthorised subdivision of a flat in Leeds has been quashed in light of sworn statements by its tenants referring to ‘a high degree of satisfaction’ with the...

Appeal: Students can expect adequate lighting, rules inspector

21.09.2018

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a listed former freemasons' hall in Huddersfield into 16 two-bedroom student flats have been blocked, after an inspector found that some of the flats would have no external windows or...

Enforcement: ‘Sceptical’ inspector upholds enforcement against low-quality micro flats

17.09.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld an enforcement notice issued by Brent Borough Council against a ‘modest’ home that was converted into five self-contained flats as small as 11 square metres, following a...

Appeal: Rope-climbing fitness equipment would infringe neighbours’ privacy

14.09.2018

Matt Moody

People using a Flintshire personal trainer’s outdoor rope-climbing apparatus would be able to see into neighbouring gardens, causing unacceptable loss of privacy, an inspector has ruled.

Appeal: Inspector finds elegance in simple form of Brentford flats

28.08.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for nine flats adjacent to the M4 motorway can go ahead despite the council's air quality and noise concerns, after an inspector approved of the scheme's 'simple' design.

Appeals round-up: ‘Poor outlook’ from bedsit in Cheam wig shop stockroom; 119-home Powys scheme allowed with 7.5% affordable housing

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 11 August-17 August, 2018.

Appeal: ‘Poor outlook’ from bedsit in Cheam wig shop stockroom

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | living conditions | London | outlook | sunlight

Plans to convert a stockroom to the rear of a hair salon and wig shop in Cheam into a bedsit have been blocked, following an inspector’s ruling that the single-aspect flat would provide poor living...

Appeals round-up: South London flats would be inaccessible to emergency services; Stable conversion inappropriate in green belt

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4 August-10 August, 2018.

Appeal: South London flats would be inaccessible to emergency services

10.08.2018

Matt Moody

access | Environmental | living conditions | London | trees

An inspector has blocked plans for four flats on a ‘landlocked’ site behind existing housing in Tulse Hill, because it would have unacceptable emergency access.

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