National Park

Plans to improve the insulation of a glazed conservatory to a bungalow in the New Forest would not amount to an extension, an inspector has ruled, after finding no ‘thermal separation’ between the two....

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of land in the South Downs National Park for game shooting, finding that the use conserved but did not enhance the tranquility of the area.

An inspector has blocked plans for 154 homes in Staffordshire despite the council’s housing supply of just 1.54 years, citing harm to the setting of the Peak District National Park, whose boundary was more...

An inspector has blocked plans to add an observatory tower to a grade II listed house in Keswick that would afford ‘unrivalled views’ of the Lake District, despite agreeing that the design was ‘deliberate,...