public safety

Appeal: Travellers can remain despite 'high risk to life' from flooding

08.11.2019

A gypsy family can permanently remain living at a site with a high risk of flooding subject to conditions, an inspector has ruled, citing the council's inadequate supply of sites for travellers in the area...

Appeal: Three-home scheme would affect nuclear incident plans

06.02.2019

Matt Moody

Health | infill development | nuclear | public safety | South East

Just 10 additional residents living close to the Aldermaston nuclear weapons facility in Hampshire would undermine the council’s nuclear incident action plan, an inspector has ruled.

Appeal: Golf netting refused for green belt harm despite safety concerns

13.12.2018

Matt Moody

golf | Green Belt | Leisure & Tourism | public safety | South East

An inspector has blocked plans for a safety net intended to protect a home close to a golf course in Harrow from stray balls, ruling that it would constitute a building and would therefore be inappropriate...

Appeal: Time Out ‘fine dining market’ would harm conservation area

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

A proposal by Time Out magazine to convert a former stables in East London into a multi-floor food court has been blocked, because the proposed roof alterations would ‘erode the identity...

Appeal: Pair of private wind turbines could disrupt RAF radar 35km away

13.04.2018

Matt Moody

Plans for two 18m-tall wind turbines in the heart of the Fens have been refused because of their potential to cause disruption to a surveillance radar at RAF Wittering, an air force base 35km away.

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Appeals round-up: Inspector takes ‘precautionary approach’ to risk of Greggs exploding; Housing provision outweighs neighbourhood plan conflict in Norfolk

09.03.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 March-9 March, 2018

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Appeal: Inspector takes ‘precautionary approach’ to risk of Greggs exploding

08.03.2018

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Environmental | hydrocarbons | public safety | South West

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for the conversion of a former petrol station car wash near Swindon into a Greggs bakery, citing concerns that ‘explosive vapours’ from...

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Appeal: No permission for swim school on Essex industrial estate

22.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert an industrial unit into a swim school for children because of unsafe parking arrangements and a conflict with local employment land policy.

Appeal: Rural boatyard manager’s on-site home would bolster security

13.10.2017

boats | public safety | Rural | rural worker's dwelling | South East

An inspector has approved permanent on-site accommodation for the manager of a Kent boatyard despite its isolated location, ruling that it will allow him to deal with fires, floods and medical emergencies...

Chief planner writes to officers about counter-terrorism role

31.07.2017

Laura Edgar

Steve Quartermain CBE has written to local authority planners across England reminding them of the important role the planning system has in counter-terrorism and crime prevention.

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