Regeneration

Appeals round-up: Crouch Hill station regeneration plan dismissed; Loss of staff accommodation would harm pub's future viability

04.09.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 29 August-4 September, 2020

Appeal: Luxury 'extra care' scheme approved despite mayor's ruling

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to regenerate a former college in Kensington to provide 142 'extra care' units worth up to £6m each can go ahead, after an inspector rejected the GLA's 2019 ruling that the units were not exempt from...

Appeal: Community building 'different but no less valuable' than skate park

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved alterations to a major regeneration scheme in Welwyn Garden City that will see a mixed-use community building provided instead of a skate park, despite council objections that...

Appeal: Design measures protect scout camp from overlooking

22.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved two six-storey buildings as part of the Millbrook Park redevelopment scheme in North London, finding that the scheme’s design successfully mitigated its impact on a nearby scout...

Appeal: Greenfield housing allowed despite 456 objections

15.05.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for 48 affordable homes on undeveloped green space in Horwich, near Bolton, despite hundreds of objections from local people.

Appeal: Jenrick finds ‘too many compromises’ in regeneration scheme

01.05.2020

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has rejected major regeneration plans for a business park in Camberwell, south London, ruling that the design sought to ‘maximise, rather than optimise’ the site and was ‘not exemplary...

Appeal: Gasworks regeneration allowed despite allocation conflict

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved regeneration plans for a former gasworks in Hertford that would provide nearly twice as many homes as the council had allocated to the site, following a 12-day inquiry.

New-look Belfast city centre study

31.10.2019

Roger Milne

A study is under way to develop a shared vision for Belfast city centre and examine how it can be reimagined to meet the changing needs of users....

Re: Generations - an interview with Jenna Langford

30.10.2019

Kieran Blaydes

Jenna Langford became 2019 RTPI Young Planner of the Year in no small part 'for assisting people to take up planning as a profesison through the Planning Futures programme'. Here she talks to Kieran Blaydes...

Appeal: Overshadowing caused by Vauxhall regeneration scheme 'acceptable'

27.09.2019

Matt Moody

A mixed-use scheme comprising three towers of up to 13 storeys can go ahead in Vauxhall, an inspector has ruled, after finding that the scheme's impact on daylight levels in existing flats and a bookshop...

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