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Appeal: Very special circumstances justify green belt crematorium

08.10.2021

Plans for a new crematorium in Tandridge, a district which is 94 per cent green belt, can go ahead after an inspector ruled that cremation facilities are an ‘essential community need’ that was not being...

Appeal: Very special circumstances justify faith school expansion

28.05.2021

Matt Moody

The Department for Education’s plans for the expansion of a Sikh faith school in Buckinghamshire have been allowed by an inspector, who found that ‘very special circumstances’ existed following a virtual...

Appeal: Costs awarded against council for refusing Whitechapel infill scheme

17.03.2021

Matt Moody

Tower Hamlets Borough Council must pay partial costs after an inspector ruled that it had failed to substantiate one of its reasons for blocking plans for a five-storey residential building next to a locally...

Appeal: Contemporary vicarage design rejected

24.07.2020

Matt Moody

Plans for a new vicarage that were ‘strongly influenced’ by a design guide issued by the Church of England have been rejected by an inspector, who ruled that the scheme would ‘not result in a high-quality...

Appeal: Exceptional circumstances justify Welsh monastery’s demolition

24.07.2020

Matt Moody

Plans to demolish a monastery in Flintshire to make way for 15 homes can go ahead, an inspector has decided, after finding that the scheme would improve the openness of the surrounding green barrier.

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Appeal: Pandemic lockdown cancels out traffic concerns

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has extended the compliance period of an enforcement notice against an Islamic school in East London, noting that traffic concerns would not be a problem during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Legal briefs: Brent uses POCA against slum landlords; Newham mosque closed after six-year legal fight

02.02.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 27 January-2 February, 2018

Appeals round-up: Unpredictable alpaca breeding justifies rural accommodation; New community pitches approved for Yeovil Town FC

05.01.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 December, 2017-5 January, 2018

Appeal: Neglected 1970s monastery will not make way for housing

12.12.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has blocked plans to demolish a disused 1970s monastery in the Cotswolds AONB and replace it with 10 homes because the scheme would harm the setting of the monastic community’s new home...

Appeals round-up: Expired permission renewal blocked despite 'no change in circumstances'; Seven-storey scheme incorporating listed vaults near Barbican approved

01.12.2017

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 27 November-3 December, 2017

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