public safety

Appeals round-up: Paid-for donkey rides deemed a material change of use; Four-storey vinyl artwork is allowed at Beefeater distillery

09.10.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planing appeals: 3 October-9 October, 2020

Appeal: Trainspotting facility’s rural location is justified, rules inspector

09.10.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for a trainspotting facility in rural Lincolnshire offering a viewing platform of the East Coast Main Line and historic train-style camping pods can go ahead, an inspector ruled, rejecting the council’...

Appeals round-up: Movie-referencing mural would harm listed cinema; Nuclear evacuation concerns prevent two-bed flat

28.08.2020

A round-up of planning appeals: 22 August-28 August, 2020

Appeal: Nuclear evacuation concerns prevent two-bed flat

28.08.2020

Matt Moody

Health | nuclear | public safety | South East

Plans for an extension to create a two-bed flat in Tadley, the Hampshire town where the UK’s nuclear weapons are manufactured, would run contrary to evacuation plans in the event of a nuclear emergency, an...

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Appeal: Bunds blight airfield tourism plans despite safety sanction

30.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector agreed that plans for 43 timber-clad holiday units on part of a recreational airfield in Yorkshire complied with aviation safety guidelines, before citing the ‘stark’ appearance of the 25ft and...

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Appeal: Harmful railings allowed at grade II* listed harbour

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed plans for 652 metres of railings at Ramsgate Royal Harbour despite noting that they would cause heritage harm, ruling that the scheme’s public safety benefits carried decisive weight...

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Appeal: Existing anti-suicide fencing preferred to redesigned alternative

13.03.2020

Matt Moody

A heritage group's alternative plans for anti-suicide fencing on the grade-II listed Archway Bridge in north London have been rejected by an inspector who ruled that the new design would be less effective in...

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Appeal: School parent council rebuffed in Edinburgh ‘boatel’ appeal

10.01.2020

Matt Moody

A reporter has dismissed a canal-side school’s concerns that plans for five boat hotels would prevent its canoe club from accessing the water, ruling that it would be ‘extremely foolish’ to disregard the...

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

08.11.2019

Matt Moody

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.

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