paragraph 79

Appeals round-up: Danger from protected trees precludes home beneath; Vacant pub will not make way for houses

27.08.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 August-27 August, 2021.

Appeal: Paragraph 80 ‘silhouette barn’ denied despite panel support

27.08.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a five-bedroom home in Suffolk featuring a steel shroud laser-cut with leaf-like silhouette patterns did not comply with the requirements of NPPF paragraph 80 (formerly 79), an inspector has ruled...

Appeals round-up: Green belt dementia care home refused amid reduced demand; Conversion of greenhouse to residential use allowed under GPDO

18.06.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 12 June-18 June, 2021

Appeal: ‘Passivhaus Premium’ home would meet highest standards

18.06.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved ‘what is likely to be the first home in the country to meet the Passivhaus Premium standard’ – which requires a building to generate more energy than it consumes – despite ruling...

Homes in the countryside: Where to start?

20.05.2021

Daniel Gender-Sherry

An understanding of policy and landscape must precede any thoughts about design when planning paragraph 79 homes, says Daniel Gender-Sherry

Appeals round-up: Council to pay for ignoring language and highways advice; Motorway services allowed after a 25-year conflict

16.04.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 9 April-16 April, 2021

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Appeal: Design review panel overruled in para 79 refusal

16.04.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for an isolated home near Dartmoor National Park despite noting its ‘very good design’, commenting that he ‘struggled to see’ how the scheme was ‘so remarkable or excellent as...

Appeals round-up: Defective legal agreement scuppers housing despite 2.06-year supply; ‘Very special circumstances’ justify green belt gas plant

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 March-1 April, 2021

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Appeal: Classical country house fails paragraph 79’s second limb

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

biodiversity net gain | classical design | Design | paragraph 79 | South West

Plans for a large new home in Hampshire ‘in the great classical tradition’ have been rejected by an inspector, who decided that the scheme fell short of the second limb of NPPF paragraph 79(e) despite its ‘...

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’...

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