noise impact

A helicopter operator’s plea for some flights to be allowed past 9pm, claiming that his proposal was ‘essential to the survival of the business’, has been rejected by an inspector, who cited the harmful...

Plans to convert an office building in Salford near an electroplating facility that emits levels of noise ‘harmful to human health’ into flats were not rendered acceptable by the appellant’s plan to use...

Plans for 163 homes on disused employment land in Corby have been blocked, after an inspector ruled that housing on the site could restrict the development of industrial businesses that surrounded it on...

An inspector has approved plans for a timber hut with built-in barbecue in the rear garden of a Weymouth home, ruling that its effects would be no worse than those caused by a garden party or normal outdoor...