nature reserve

Appeal: Controversial green belt golf scheme can be enlarged

28.08.2020

Matt Moody

Community Engagement | fallback | golf | Green Belt | London | nature reserve | resilience | Sports & Recreation

A £15 million redevelopment of a green belt golf course in Hounslow that was controversially allowed at appeal in 2017 can be enlarged further, after an inspector ruled that the community benefits of the...
Green space influences mental wellbeing

22.08.2019

Laura Edgar

England | Environmental | green space | Health | Mental health | nature | nature reserve | parks

Research has suggested that living within 300m of urban green space is associated with greater happiness, a sense of worth and life satisfaction.
Appeal: Housing scheme would harm ‘irreplaceable’ listed farmstead

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

grade II* listed | Housing | listed building | nature reserve | public inquiry | South East | VALUED LANDSCAPE

Plans for 150 homes near the Meon Valley in Hampshire would harm the setting of two grade II* listed buildings, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite the council’s housing supply shortfall....
Appeal: Historic munitions store conversion refused on ecological grounds

04.10.2017

Heritage | nature reserve | Regeneration | Regeneration | Rural | South West

A dilapidated munitions store within a former military depot in Hampshire cannot be converted into a home because an inspector ruled that harm to area’s ‘outstanding’ ecology would be...