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Appeal: Noise from ‘old people’s day club’ deemed disruptive

01.10.2021

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a day club for over-60s run from a detached home in Uxbridge, siding with neighbours who had complained that ‘noise from entertainers using microphones’...

Appeal: Longer al fresco hours would disturb city centre neighbours

20.08.2021

Matt Moody

A Chester restaurant’s application to keep its al fresco dining area open for an extra two hours each day has been denied by an inspector, who ruled that noise from patrons would be likely to...

Appeal: Convenient location justifies WHO noise guidance breach

16.07.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a new home directly next to a railway line in Hertfordshire, commenting that the site’s ‘locational benefits’ in terms of convenient access to jobs and services would ‘offset’...

Appeal: Double-decker takeaway would disrupt residents

18.06.2021

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Environmental | noise impact | North West | Takeaway

Plans to serve hot food from a double-decker bus in a Manchester car park have been rejected by an inspector, who found that ‘comings and goings from customers’ would disrupt nearby residents, despite a...

Appeal: Gun testing ‘seriously detrimental’ to living conditions

11.06.2021

Matt Moody

Cymru | Environmental | Leisure & Tourism | noise impact

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a gun-testing facility near Wrexham that was discovered following a complaint, ruling that the ‘startling and sporadic nature’ of the noise would be ‘...

Appeal: Garage floristry workshop plan would ‘disrupt’ neighbours

04.06.2021

Matt Moody

Retrospective permission for the use of a domestic garage as a florist’s workshop has been refused by an inspector, who found that comings and goings by couriers would unacceptably disrupt neighbours....

Appeal: Pheasant-rearing business could disrupt neighbours

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | livestock | noise impact

An inspector has refused permission for a pheasant-rearing business in rural Carmarthenshire, considering it ‘inevitable’ that 28,000 birds would make ‘some element of noise’ capable of disrupting nearby...

Legal briefs: Residents granted hearing against local plan decision; Southend Airport must pay noise compensation

09.04.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 2 April-9 April, 2021

Appeal: Rule 6 party’s defence of its business persuades inspector

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for 134 homes next to a grade I listed events venue in Suffolk have been rejected, after the business successfully convinced an inspector that the scheme would violate the ‘agent of change principle’...

Appeal: Music condition at Rotherham pub not a Trojan horse

17.03.2021

Matt Moody

A bid to remove a condition attached to a 2016 permission for a pub’s outdoor bar that limited the playing of music anywhere outdoors has been denied by an inspector, who did not agree that the condition was...

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