reserved matters

Appeal: Reserved matters approval refused despite design officer support

09.07.2021

Matt Moody

building design | Design | East Midlands | Housing | outline permission | reserved matters

An inspector has refused reserved matters approval for a 147-home scheme in Cambridgeshire on design grounds, notwithstanding support for the development from the council’s urban design officer and design...
Appeal: ‘More work to be done’ on independent living design

22.01.2021

Matt Moody

building design | Design | East of England | elderly | independent living | reserved matters | retirement

In refusing reserved matters approval for 60 independent living apartments for elderly people in Waltham Abbey, an inspector indicated that his decision did not mean the development would not take place,...
Appeal: Costs against council for ‘untenable’ reserved matters refusal

22.01.2021

Matt Moody

AONB | Design | Housing | housing allocation | neighbourhood plan | outline permission | reserved matters | South West

An inspector has ordered Dorset Council to pay costs for unreasonable behaviour after it refused to approve a 350-home scheme near two AONBs, despite having allocated the site for development, granted...
Appeal: 170-home scheme’s footpaths would not adhere to desire lines

23.10.2020

Matt Moody

Design | desire lines | Housing | layout | pedestrians | reserved matters | South West

Reserved matters approval for 170 homes on the edge of Weymouth sought three years ago has been refused by an inspector, who ruled that the scheme’s footpath layout was ‘unnecessarily circuitous’ and did not...
Appeal: Deed of easement at music venue deemed unnecessary

10.07.2020

Matt Moody

appeal costs | deed of easement | Environmental | music venues | Planning Law | reserved matters | South East | Sports & Recreation

A condition requiring future occupants of proposed flats near a Milton Keynes music venue to enter a legal agreement accepting a certain level of noise has been deleted by an inspector, who ruled that...
Appeal: More design detail needed for full permission

03.07.2020

Matt Moody

active frontage | building design | Design | Housing | outline permission | reserved matters | South West

An inspector criticised an appellant's design and layout plans and their lack of detail in refusing an application for reserved matters approval of one phase of a major 930-home development near Exeter....