Regeneration

Appeal: 10 HMOs allowed above Smethwick high street

12.03.2019

An inspector has approved a developer’s plans to regenerate a high street terrace on the outskirts of Birmingham by converting its upper floor into 10 HMOs – despite an objection from the police.

Appeal: Romford scheme would not be ‘profligate’ use of brownfield site

10.01.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for the residential-led redevelopment of a brownfield site in Romford, despite acknowledging that eight of the apartments would have a ‘particularly gloomy’...

Appeal: Regeneration of Rainham site is ‘of London-wide importance’

22.11.2018

Matt Moody

Plans to build 56 flats and three houses on a neglected roadside near Rainham, East London, can go ahead, an inspector has ruled, after the appellant sacrificed a portion of its projected profits to improve...

Appeal: Wholesalers would be unable to exclude general public

26.10.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused permission for three businesses in an area of Oldbury safeguarded for wholesale trade, finding no mechanism to ensure that only tradespeople and not members of the public could...

Appeals round-up: Protected trees to make way for Wrexham housing scheme; Business use preferred to continuation of community centre

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 June-6 July, 2018

Appeal: Privately funded Bognor Regis regeneration scheme gains approval

06.07.2018

Matt Moody

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’.

Convention 2018: Are growth deals helping UK regions?

30.05.2018

David Blackman

The first devolution deals were aimed mostly at large conurbations in the UK, often those in post-...

West Midlands’ mayor to address skills and housing problem

22.05.2018

Prithvi Pandya

Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands Combined Authority, has detailed two initiatives to help build more homes on derelict brownfield land and fill the region’s growing construction skills gap.

Liverpool Waters: Perspectives on a regeneration scheme

21.05.2018

Simon Wicks

The Liverpool Waters scheme is a vital piece in the jigsaw of regeneration of one of the UK's great cities. Simon Wicks found out about the scheme, its context and its importance

Appeal: Eight-storey hotel would improve views into Manchester

18.05.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to replace an unauthorised used car dealership near Manchester with an eight-storey hotel, after finding it compliant with the ‘most up-to-date expression of the council...

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