noise impact

Appeal: Conversion of artists’ workshop to ‘fine dining restaurant’ blocked

13.03.2019

An inspector was not impressed by ‘unclear’ plans to convert a warehouse in Hackney currently in use as an artists’ workshop into a ‘fine dining restaurant and chill-out zone’ .

Appeal: 261 homes approved on land between two motorways

19.02.2019

Matt Moody

Health | Housing | motorways | noise impact | North West

An inspector has granted permission for 261 homes on a parcel of land enclosed by the M6 and M61 motorways, ruling that ‘enhanced acoustic glazing’ could keep noise levels to an acceptable standard.

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Enforcement: ‘Industrial’ food prep in Notting Hill flat was more than a ‘hobby’

07.02.2019

Matt Moody

A London restaurateur who was once on Interpol’s most-wanted list has failed to overturn an enforcement notice alleging that the flat above his Notting Hill restaurant was being used to prepare food.

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Appeal: Diplomatic incident could disrupt embassy’s neighbours

05.02.2019

Matt Moody

CAZ | central activities zone | Environmental | London | noise impact

The use of a Paddington townhouse as an embassy for the Dominican Republic could disrupt neighbours if a ‘diplomatic incident’ made it the focus of attention, an inspector has ruled.

Appeals round-up: Claim that subdivision was carried out by mistake is ‘not believable’; Permission to convert burnt-down goat shed refused

01.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 26 January-1 February, 2019

Appeal: Airport noise scuppers recycled reservoir home

29.01.2019

Matt Moody

A five-bedroom home that would be made of recycled shipping containers cannot be built into a mostly underground former reservoir near Leeds Bradford Airport because noise from the nearby runway would...

Appeals round-up: Larger revised wind farm scheme approved in Perthshire; Historic photographs justify green belt extension

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 19 January-25 January, 2019

Appeal: Dogs barking at Anglesey kennels would be ‘very disturbing’

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans for a kennels business on the Isle of Anglesey have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that the noise of dogs barking would be ‘very irritating and disturbing’, despite the ‘sometimes deafening’...

Appeal: Knebworth pub garden flats approved despite fierce opposition

17.01.2019

Matt Moody

Plans to build flats on the garden of a popular pub in Hertfordshire would not threaten its viability, an inspector has ruled, rejecting a local protest group’s claims that the scheme represented a ‘Trojan...

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Appeal: Shipping container shops would be 'incongruent' in East Finchley

07.12.2018

Matt Moody

active frontage | Business & Enterprise | London | noise impact | retail

Plans to install five shipping containers for retail use behind an existing shop in East Finchley have been blocked, after an inspector found they would bring a 'harsh industrial form' to a...

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