quarry

Appeal: Grampian condition is necessary for quarry expansion

25.06.2019

Matt Moody

contamination | Environment Agency | Environmental | grampian condition | Heritage | NPPF | Planning Law | quarry | South West

An inspector has approved plans to expand a quarry in Somerset subject to a negatively worded condition, ruling that the need to protect the water table and a nearby ancient monument amounted to ‘clear...
Appeal: 299 flats at Aberdeen quarry refused on design grounds

25.01.2019

Matt Moody

building design | Environmental | Heritage | historic scotland | Housing | overdevelopment | quarry | Scotland

A reporter has rejected the ‘modular’ design of a major residential scheme planned at the famous Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen, ruling that the proposal would overdevelop the site.
Legal briefs: Waverley wins High Court challenge over local policies; POCA used to recoup thousands from illegal scrapyard

09.11.2018

Roger Milne

Environmental | Fracking | high court | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Judicial review | listed building | Planning Law | POCA | quarry | UK

A round-up of legal news: 27 October-2 November 2018
Ireland round-up: Planning agency gears up for digital future; Carbon cuts confession

31.08.2018

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | Ireland | quarry | Technology

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 25 August-31 August, 2018
Irish planning authorities take the strain over mineral drilling EIAs

24.08.2018

Roger Milne

An Bord Pleanala | drilling | Ireland | Minerals | quarry

County councils and An Bord Pleanála face an added work load from next month now the government has accepted that mineral exploration drilling is covered by EU regulations on environmental impact assessment (EIA).
Appeals round-up: Mixed-use scheme would add to varied character of Clerkenwell; 9% affordable housing acceptable for 300-home Carlisle scheme

23.03.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Business & Enterprise | Climate Change | climate change | Design | Economic Growth | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | Heritage | homelessness | Housing | Minerals | mining | noise impact | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Policy & Politics | quarry | Regeneration | Rural | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 17 March-23 March, 2018
Northern Ireland round-up: Lisburn quarry scheme refused by Department for Infrastructure officials; Special economic zone status for the Province?

19.01.2018

Roger Milne

Belfast | flooding | Minerals | Northern Ireland | quarry

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 13 January-19 January, 2018
Lisburn quarry scheme refused by Department for Infrastructure officials

19.01.2018

Roger Milne

Department for infrastructure | Minerals | Northern Ireland | quarry

Full planning permission for a large quarry on land between the Saintfield Road and the Creevy Road near Lisburn, in County Down, has been refused by officials from the Department for Infrastructure because of noise and amenity issues.
Appeal: 30 homes approved on former quarry and landfill site

15.03.2017

affordable housing | Housing | landfill | quarry | Regeneration | South East

Plans for 30 homes on a former landfill site in Essex have been approved after an inspector ruled that the 40 per cent affordable housing provision included would benefit the area.
Appeal: ‘Battle of Bannockburn’ quarry scheme refused

17.02.2017

Martha Harris

battle or bannockburn | Heritage | Minerals | planning appeals | quarry | Scotland | Stirling

A reporter has refused permission for quarry works at Murrayshall Quarry in Cambusbarron, despite rejecting the historic significance of the adjacent Gillies Hill and its role in the Battle of Bannockburn as...