NPPF

Appeal: Green light for Harrogate homes as new urban area emerges

05.08.2020

Planning permission has been granted for 46 homes in Harrogate after an inspector found the scheme would fit in with neighbouring development and not harm the area’s character and appearance.

Appeal: Change of use appeals fail to capture grade II listed military hospital

05.08.2020

Huw Morris

A three-storey care home near Northwich has been rejected by an inspector for harming the character and appearance of the countryside.

Appeal: Change of use appeals fail to capture grade II listed military hospital

05.08.2020

Huw Morris

Two appeals for the change of use of a former military hospital in Dorchester to a residential development have been refused because the proposal would cause unacceptable harm to a grade II listed building...

Appeal: Inspector rejects bid to vary amenity space at Essex housing scheme

04.08.2020

Huw Morris

A developer’s bid to vary a planning condition on a housing scheme in Essex has been dismissed for failing to provide enough amenity space for future occupiers.

Appeal: Enfield flats proposal rejected for poor roof design

04.08.2020

Huw Morris

A proposal for a three-storey residential block in Southgate, North London, has been rejected after an inspector found its roof design would harm a conservation area.

Simplifying the planning system could add billions to the rural economy

03.08.2020

Mark Bridgeman

The needs of the rural economy should be a higher priority in the National Planning Policy Framework, argues Mark Bridgeman

Appeal: Sheffield campsite plan loses bid to pitch on green belt

17.07.2020

Huw Morris

Leisure & Tourism | NPPF | Rural | Sheffield City Council | Yorkshire

A proposal to change grazing land to a campsite in the green belt near Sheffield has been dismissed as inappropriate development and harmful to the countryside’s openness.

Appeal: Rural building’s lack of architectural merit scuppers conversion plan

16.07.2020

Huw Morris

Design | East Midlands | NPPF | paragraph 79 | South Holland District Council

A scheme to extend and convert a storage and distribution building to residential use in the Lincolnshire countryside has been dismissed because the appeal site lacked architectural or historic merit....

Appeal: Party wall worries prevent nightclub’s partial conversion

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to create a flat directly above a nightclub in Buxton, Derbyshire, have been rejected after the appellant failed to produce a noise survey.

Exceptional behaviour: Is paragraph 79 fit for purpose?

15.06.2020

Matt Moody

First dubbed the ‘country house clause’, the NPPF’s paragraph 79 was originally intended to continue the great English tradition of country houses while championing design and innovation. But some think the...

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