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Appeals round-up: Gas-powered power generator would not be air quality neutral; ‘Eco studios’ for holidaying gliders blocked despite support

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 6 Februrary-12 February, 2021

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Appeal: 505-home scheme approved despite loss of historic pub

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

A dual application to build 490 homes on greenfield land next to Bromsgrove along with a further 15 homes in place of a historic but dilapidated listed pub in the town has been approved by an inspector after...

Appeal: Post-war estate’s last remaining pub saved from demolition

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

A developer’s plan to demolish a Bristol housing estate’s last remaining pub to make way for seven homes has been blocked by an inspector, who highlighted the building’s architectural value and its...

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Appeal: Co-housing scheme would harm Polish war camp

18.12.2020

Matt Moody

A not-for-profit co-housing project at a post-war military camp in Staffordshire that would have involved the conversion of some of the site’s historic buildings has been rejected by an inspector.

Appeal: Watford 165-home brownfield scheme is ‘wholly uninspiring’

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to replace a locally listed bus garage in Watford with 165 flats have been criticised by an inspector, who called the scheme ‘a jarring intrusion of urban city-style apartment architecture’ that was ‘...

Appeal: Pub’s conversion to nine flats blocked on community grounds

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to convert a large pub in Chelmsford into nine flats have been rejected by an inspector, who was unconvinced that the appellant’s marketing of the building for other community uses had been ‘serious...

Appeal: Retirement flats can replace historic locally listed school

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

Heritage | locally listed | non-designated heritage asset | retirement living | South East

An inspector has approved the ‘total loss of a non-designated heritage’ asset in Banstead, ruling that its ‘diminished’ historic significance was outweighed by the provision of accommodation for the elderly...