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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

Abandonment | agent of change | Design | enforcement | Health | Heritage | heritage | Infrastructure - Energy | Leisure & Tourism | listed building | military | obesity | Planning Law | Regeneration | tall buildings | UK | wind farm

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 January-15 January, 2021
Appeal: Military tunnel complex can become wine warehouse

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

Green Belt | Heritage | historic significance | Leisure & Tourism | logistics | military | tourism | very special circumstances | West Midlands

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

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

agricultural | class Q | East of England | GPDO | Heritage | military

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

antisocial behaviour | Demographics & Population Growth | military | Rural | South East | traveller pitches

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

Cornwall | Heritage | Hobbies | military | South West | Sports & Recreation

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’....
Appeal: Residential conversion of listed WWII radar station refused

01.06.2018

Matt Moody

Heritage | listed building | military | restoration | Rural | South East

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'....