neighbourhood plan

Appeals round-up: Link to garage would make house too large to be affordable; Unsafe access impedes Sussex eco-home plans

21.06.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 15 June-21 June, 2019

Appeal: 225-home scheme refused despite stalled neighbourhood plan

21.06.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused outline permission in Wadebridge, Cornwall, where progress on a neighbourhood plan has stalled, stating that to allow permission would prevent local people from ‘bringing forward...

Government cash to support community housing

13.05.2019

Laura Edgar

Housing minister Kit Malthouse has launched a £8.5 million fund that aims to support the delivery of thousands of discounted homes for communities.

Appeals round-up: Appeal leads to stricter condition for holiday let; 12-storey block of flats allowed outside ‘tall building zone’

27.07.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 July-27 July, 2018.

Appeal: Brokenshire overrules inspector in light of neighbourhood plan

23.07.2018

Huw Morris

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has rejected an inspector’s recommendation and refused outline permission for 120 homes near Benson, Oxfordshire, after considering a nearby neighbourhood plan....

Appeal: Amended neighbourhood plan precludes Passivhaus scheme

01.06.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | neighbourhood plan | Passivhaus | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | West Midlands

Plans for four Passivhaus homes in Herefordshire have been blocked, after a policy in the area's emerging neighbourhood plan was amended.

Appeal: ‘De-recovered’ appeal allowed after High Court quashes neighbourhood plan

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved 70 homes near Asfordby, Leicestershire, three months after the High Court quashed the village’s neighbourhood plan, leading then-communities secretary Sajid Javid to reverse...

Appeal: 25 homes approved despite neighbourhood plan conflict

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved 25 homes in a Norfolk village after overruling its neighbourhood plan because it failed to allocate sites for housing, as required by a 2016 ministerial statement.

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Appeal: Independent living would not be the 'reality' of extra care facility

06.04.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 72 extra care units on the edge of Buckingham, ruling that the scheme would be policy-compliant because the units would not offer truly independent living despite being...

Appeal: Javid overrules three inspectors to block 353 homes in Waverley

04.04.2018

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has dismissed recommendations to allow three housing schemes near Farnham, Surrey, for a total of 353 homes, refusing each for conflict with the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan.

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