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Appeals round-up: Council defeated in abandonment hearing; McDonald’s allowed near primary school despite obesity fears

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 January-15 January, 2021

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Appeal: Military tunnel complex can become wine warehouse

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

Plans have been approved to convert Drakelow Tunnels, the largest underground space in the UK open to the public, into a warehouse for 10,000 tonnes of wine, a bespoke bat roost and a museum, after an...

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Appeal: Low-flying helicopters would ‘distress’ crematorium mourners

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

crematorium | Environmental | military | noise impact | South West

An inspector has refused plans for a crematorium near an RAF base in Shropshire despite a ‘clear need’, ruling that helicopters flying as low as 30 metres off the ground nearby would be ‘disconcerting’ to...

Foxearth, Essex / Robert Edwards (Geograph): 271105

Appeal: Residential conversion of WW2 ‘pillbox’ not covered by GPDO

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a fortified defensive structure in the Essex countryside into a home under permitted development rules, because he was not persuaded that it was in agricultural use...

Appeal: 'Peaceful co-existence' possible at 19-pitch traveller site

23.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has permitted a gypsy camp near Bicester that has been unauthorised for six years despite reports of antisocial behaviour in that period, encouraging 'respect and good neighbourliness'...

Appeal: Military vehicle storage unit would ‘incrementally harm’ countryside

12.07.2018

Matt Moody

A storage unit for a collection of military vehicles has been refused after an inspector found that it would outlast any personal circumstances, leaving a building with ‘no functional purpose’....

East Guldeford Radar House / Peter Facey

Appeal: Residential conversion of listed WWII radar station refused

01.06.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has halted plans to convert an historic former radar station in Sussex into a home, ruling that the urgency of preserving the building was 'not so great as to accept harmful works'....