open space

Legal briefs: Court sides with campaigners over ‘unlawful’ Heathrow expansion; Brent landlord cops £190,000 confiscation order

28.02.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 22 February-28 February, 2020

Appeal: Restoration of Victorian school’s pre-war quadrangle is rejected

30.08.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has dismissed plans for a boldly designed extension to a listed school in London that would restore its formerly enclosed courtyard, which was exposed to the street as a result of Second World...

Appeal: Developer’s plan to relocate rounders pitch approved

10.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to build up to 250 homes on a well-used rounders pitch in Bolton, noting the appellant’s plan to relocate and improve the facility.

Appeal: Falmouth elderly care dwellings allowed despite loss of community green space

08.11.2016

Martha Harris

Sixty-nine extra care dwellings have been approved for Falmouth in Cornwall, after an inspector found that refusing the scheme owing to the site’s informal use for recreation could not be justified.

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Appeal: Elderly accommodation need trumps open space loss

12.10.2016

Martha Harris

Permission has been given for 69 extra care homes on a patch of undeveloped land within the built-up area of Falmouth, despite Cornwall council arguing against the scheme because of the loss of ‘needed’ open...

Councils tighten grip on rogue landlords

Appeal: Granville Road Estate homes approved

16.08.2016

Martha Harris

affordable housing | Housing | London | open space | social rented housing

Permission has been approved for the demolition of an existing court and erection of new buildings to provide 132 new dwellings on the Grants Roads Estate in Childs Hill, London, after an inspector found...

Appeal: Bidford-on-Avon homes approved despite open space loss

23.06.2016

Martha Harris

affordable housing | five year housing land supply | Housing | open space | West Midlands

Miller Homes has been given permission to develop 200 dwellings in Bidford-on-Avon, after an inspector ruled that the extent to which the scheme would reduce recreational open space was not so great as to...

Appeal: Community farm and 155-home village approved in Truro

26.02.2016

Martha Harris

Living Villages (Newham Farm) Ltd has been granted permission to develop a sustainable new community farm and village for Truro, Cornwall, against the decision of Cornwall Council.

Appeal: Site’s planning history material to housing approval

08.02.2016

Martha Harris

Housing | open space | South East

Permission has been approved for the development of up to 51 dwellings in Smallfield, Surrey, after an inspector ruled that past planning approvals granted for the site weighed heavily in the consideration...

Appeal: Housing development necessary for retention of football club

07.12.2015

Martha Harris

Finance & Viability | Northern Ireland | open space

Outline planning permission has been granted for 23 apartments on land belonging to Dundela Football Club in Belfast, after a commissioner accepted that the scheme was necessary to alleviate the club’s debts...

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