NPPF

Appeals round-up: Paragraph 79 'pin-wheel' house is not innovative; 'Disaster recovery centre' at country house not allowed

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 November-6 November, 2019

Appeals round-up: Private osteopath clinic is a community facility; 'Dual use' cabin with zip wire platform harmful to AONB

29.11.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 23 November-29 November, 2019

Appeal: NPPF green belt exceptions list ‘not exhaustive’, rules inspector

29.11.2019

Matt Moody

Green Belt | NPPF | Rural | West Midlands

The owner of a property in the West Midlands Green Belt has been allowed to extend his garden into an adjacent field, after an inspector ruled that the list of changes of use under NPPF paragraph 146(e) was...

Appeal: Inspector spurns Herts redevelopment over green belt harm

20.11.2019

Huw Morris

England | Hertsmere Borough Council | Housing | NPPF | Policy & Politics

The demolition of a Potters Bar junior and infants school to make way for up to 30 homes has been rejected for harming the green belt in a clash between a county and a district council.

Appeal: East Devon hotel plan would ease out-of-town shortfall in holiday accommodation

19.11.2019

Huw Morris

Planning permission has been granted for a hotel of up to 130 bedrooms at a caravan and camping site in Clyst St Mary after an inspector ruled in favour of the scheme’s significant economic benefits.

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Appeal: Countryside loss and traffic concerns foil Mansfield outline homes plan

18.11.2019

Huw Morris

England | Environmental | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | NPPF

The refusal of outline planning permission for up to 240 homes near Mansfield has been upheld after an inspector found that the scheme would lead to irreversible loss of the countryside and harm the safety...

Reading adopts local plan and zero carbon targets for new homes

06.11.2019

Huw Morris

England | Housing | NPPF | Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council’s local plan has been formally adopted and will introduce zero carbon targets for all new homes.

Life through a lens: How young people can point the way towards town centre revival

06.11.2019

Katherine Simpson

The Instagram generation mediate their lives through apps, websites and social media in ways that were unimaginable even 10 years ago. Katherine Simpson considers what this means for town centres now and in...

Jenrick launches design guide with 'clout’

30.09.2019

Laura Edgar

Design | England | NPPF | robert jenrick

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has launched a building design guide that will replace ‘outdated guidance and unenforceable design ideas’, as the government looks to deliver homes families can be ‘proud to call their own’.

Appeal: Paragraph 79 home ‘exceeds highest standards of architecture’

19.09.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for a unique new home in the High Weald AONB under NPPF paragraph 79, commenting that the scheme ‘in many aspects exceeded the highest standards of architecture’.

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