Regeneration

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Called in: Pincher blocks London Fire Brigade HQ regeneration scheme

25.06.2021

Plans to redevelop the listed former London Fire Brigade headquarters in Lambeth to provide 443 homes, a 200-room hotel, museum and fire station have been blocked by housing minister Christopher Pincher, who...

London Plan: How reviving industrial land can tackle the housing crisis

10.06.2021

Andrew Dowell

The London Plan's accommodation of industrial land as a potential location for housing should lead to interesting mixed-use schemes, says Andrew Dowell.

Appeal: Hounslow co-living scheme wins inspector’s approval

04.06.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a 15-storey building in Hounslow town centre offering 248 co-living units targeted at young people can go ahead following a virtual inquiry, after an inspector praised the design’s ‘visual interest...

Called in: Riverside regeneration scheme’s benefits outweigh WHS harm

01.04.2021

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has approved one of two linked regeneration schemes in Brentford after a virtual inquiry, ruling that the proposal’s package of benefits outweighed ‘moderate’ harm to the Kew Gardens...

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Appeal: Conversion of Victorian asylum’s ballroom rejected

17.03.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a listed ballroom built for patients at an historic Victorian asylum in Southall into flats, noting the ‘valuable insight’ the building offered on ideas about...

Appeal: Jenrick approves £130m Digbeth regeneration scheme

12.03.2021

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has approved plans to deliver 480 homes and a 167-room hotel on brownfield land in Birmingham, noting that the scheme had ‘limited potential’ to prejudice the council’s plans for the...

Appeal: Bristol regeneration scheme’s design deemed inadequate

26.02.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to regenerate a ‘rather neglected’ shopping centre in Bristol that would include a 16-storey residential block and a new cinema have been rejected by an inspector, who ruled that the scheme failed to...

Appeal: Gas-powered power generator would not be air quality neutral

12.02.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a fossil fuel-burning electricity generator in Hayes – an area with already poor air quality – have been rejected by an inspector, who ruled that the scheme could not be described as ‘air quality...

Appeal: 29-storey tower rejected in low-rise Kennington

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

A developer’s plan to deliver 258 new homes on a 0.7-hectare site in South London has been blocked following a public inquiry, after an inspector labelled the proposal an ‘alien and incongruous’ development...

Appeal: Gaming centre allowed at ‘critical stage’ of Luton regeneration

08.01.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed plans to convert a former betting shop in Luton town centre into an adult gaming centre, commenting that such uses are ‘an established part of high streets... across the country’....

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