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Appeal: Plastic bags do not allay garden play-frame privacy concerns

03.05.2019

children | East Midlands | Environmental | living conditions | overlooking

A back-garden timber play-frame was allowing unacceptable overlooking of a neighbour’s garden, an inspector has ruled, despite the appellant’s attempts to screen views from the structure’s tower using...

Appeals round-up: 9.4% enlargement of Cornwall village deemed unacceptable; Overlooked student flats would not combat loneliness

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 October-2 November 2018

Appeal: Overlooked student flats would not combat loneliness

01.11.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has dismissed a developer's argument that overlooking between rooms would 'create a sense of community' in a 62-bedroom student accommodation block in Reading.

Appeals round-up: 64-home scheme will see double housing allocation built; Enforcement order to remove second kitchen quashed

14.09.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 September-14 September, 2018.

Appeal: Rope-climbing fitness equipment would infringe neighbours’ privacy

14.09.2018

Matt Moody

People using a Flintshire personal trainer’s outdoor rope-climbing apparatus would be able to see into neighbouring gardens, causing unacceptable loss of privacy, an inspector has ruled.

Appeal: 285-room Norwich student scheme's 'contrived solution' to overlooking

23.08.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for a major student accommodation scheme in Norwich city centre, ruling that the appellant's proposed 'privacy screens' would be a 'contrived solution' to...

Appeal: ‘Modern furnishings and Wi-Fi’ do not justify a poor living environment

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

building design | Design | overlooking | South West | student

Plans to replace a former pub in a residential area of Bath with a block of seven flats have been blocked, after an inspector disapproved of the scheme’s contemporary design.

Appeal: Council's ‘persuasive case’ outweighs ministerial statement

19.04.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has sided with Reading Borough Council in seeking a financial contribution towards affordable housing from a single three-bedroom home, after citing 16 recent appeal decisions supporting...

Appeal: 32ft garden trapeze would compromise neighbours’ privacy

19.01.2018

Matt Moody

overlooking | South West | sport | Sports & Recreation

An inspector has refused plans for a 32ft flying trapeze in a residential garden in Stroud because participants would be able to see into neighbours' gardens.