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Appeal: Bingo hall preferred to ongoing vacancy

16.03.2017

Plans to open an electronic bingo centre in a prime shopping location in Walsall town centre have been approved after an inspector judged the development preferable to the building remaining unoccupied....

Appeal: Stonehaven housing need ‘not proven’

16.02.2017

Martha Harris

Business & Enterprise | Housing | planning appeals | retail development | Scotland

A reporter has ruled that a proposal for 250 homes, retail land and land for a primary school in Stonehaven is ‘unnecessary’ in light of the scheme’s conflict with the local development plan.

Appeal: Truro retail development will not harm city centre

31.10.2016

Martha Harris

Business & Enterprise | city centre viability | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | retail development | South West

A retail park has been allowed at Threemilestone outside of Truro’s city centre, despite a number of extant planning permissions in the near vicinity prompting concern about potential impact on the city...

Appeals round-up: Javid favours neighbourhood plan in Kineton homes refusal; Housing need outweighs settlement hierarchy of challenged core strategy

14.10.2016

Martha Harris

A round-up of appeal decisions: 8 October-14 October, 2016

Appeal: Farringdon East Crossrail ‘over site development’ approved

21.01.2016

Martha Harris

Permission has been granted for a six storey ‘over site development’ (OSD) on a street block acquired by Crossrail in Farringdon, London, after an inspector found that the public benefits of the scheme...

Rushden Lakes development gets approval

16.06.2014

Sam Waddicor

A £50m mixed-use development in Rushden has been granted planning permission by communities secretary Eric Pickles.