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Appeal: ‘Monolithic’ 14-storey student tower would harm Swansea townscape

19.02.2019

Matt Moody

building design | Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | Design | parking | student accommodation | tall buildings

Plans for a tower to provide 414 units of student accommodation in Swansea would appear ‘monolithic and slab-like’, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite acknowledging the ‘increasing demand’...
Appeal: Residential conversion of offices could cause ‘indiscriminate’ parking

15.01.2019

Matt Moody

car-free development | GPDO | Infrastructure - Transport | London | office to residential | parking

Plans to convert an office block in Beckenham town centre into flats under permitted development rules could lead to ‘indiscriminate street parking’, an inspector has ruled.
Enforcement: Wembley parking enforcement quashed under 10-year rule

30.11.2018

Matt Moody

enforcement notice | football stadium | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | London | parking | Planning Law

A school can continue to offer car parking during events at nearby Wembley Stadium, after persuading an inspector that the use had begun ten years and one month before the council issued an enforcement...
Appeal: Privately funded Bognor Regis regeneration scheme gains approval

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

coastline | Design | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | parking | private sector | Regeneration | South East | theatre

A large-scale, mixed-use regeneration project in Bognor Regis inspired by Sir Richard Hotham has been approved, after an inspector found the plans represented ‘design excellence’.
Appeal: 58-flat block allowed despite missing multiple policy targets

27.04.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | amenity space | conservation area | Heritage | Housing | London | parking | Regeneration | Regeneration

An inspector has approved plans to replace a former Wetherspoon pub in Edmonton with a six-storey block of flats, despite the scheme’s failure to meet affordable housing, parking and communal space...
Appeal: Vacant unit preferred to takeaway in Luton

04.04.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Finance & Viability | parking | South East | Takeaway | use class order | vitality and viability

An inspector has refused permission to convert a vacant former grocery and butcher’s shop in Luton into a restaurant and takeaway because it would harm the vitality of the rest of the shopping parade...
Appeal: Costs awarded for refusal of homeless facility on parking grounds

20.03.2018

Matt Moody

appeal costs | Community Infrastructure | Cymru | Development Management & Enforcement | homelessness | Infrastructure - Transport | parking

A South Wales council that refused permission to convert a care home into a homeless rehabilitation facility on highway safety grounds must pay full costs, ruled an inspector.