public inquiry

Appeals round-up: Islington scheme would not prejudice ‘uncertain’ Crossrail 2; Permeable paving would harm listed water cure house

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

amenity space | building design | Crossrail 2 | Design | enabling development | Finance & Viability | grade I listed | Heritage | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | listed building | public inquiry | UK

A round-up of planing appeals: 17 October-23 October, 2020
Appeal: 650-home scheme approved following cancelled inquiry

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

East Midlands | Housing | public inquiry | Regeneration | unopposed

Plans for 650 homes near Chesterfield can go ahead after the council dropped its opposition to the scheme following the adoption of its new local plan, as an inspector found no material considerations to...
Appeal: Housing scheme would harm ‘irreplaceable’ listed farmstead

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

grade II* listed | Housing | listed building | nature reserve | public inquiry | South East | VALUED LANDSCAPE

Plans for 150 homes near the Meon Valley in Hampshire would harm the setting of two grade II* listed buildings, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite the council’s housing supply shortfall....
Appeal: Council drops opposition to 265-home scheme at inquiry

26.09.2018

Matt Moody

accessibility | five-year housing supply | Housing | public inquiry | South West

An application to build 205 homes and 60 extra care apartments in Somerset can go ahead, after the council accepted at the inquiry that the scheme would fully accord with its development plan.
M4 relief road public inquiry kicks off

02.03.2017

Roger Milne

Cymru | Infrastructure - Transport | M4 relief road | public inquiry | Welsh Government

The public inquiry into the Welsh administration’s planned £1.1 billion M4 relief road to the south of Newport opened this week.
The accidental advocate

08.07.2014

Simon Tyrrell

Community Engagement | community engagement | Development Management & Enforcement | Legal | London | public inquiry | Seething Wells | South East

In the autumn of 2013, plans to build a marina and housing on the historic Thameside filter beds at Seething Wells in Surbiton went to inquiry. Simon Tyrrell (above), of The Friends of Seething Wells, acted...