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Appeal: Retirement developer's affordable housing calculation 'not justified'

14.03.2019

An inspector has refused plans for 39 retirement living apartments near Exeter, ruling that the appellant's method for calculating how much off-site affordable housing it should provide was not justified....

Appeal: Retirement scheme’s affordable housing offer falls short by £1.2m

06.03.2019

Matt Moody

In rejecting its plans for 33 ‘retirement living apartments’ in Chingford, an inspector has dismissed a developer’s contention that its offer of less than half the affordable housing contribution required by...

Appeal: ‘Care village’ would more than double population of existing settlement

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans for a ‘care village’ comprising 145 assisted living units near Beckford, a Worcestershire village with an existing population of just 260, because it would be...

Appeal: Retirement complex does not warrant sport and leisure contribution

09.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed 16 sheltered accommodation units for people over 55 to go ahead without a financial contribution to local sport and leisure facilities, ruling that retirement accommodation does not...

News in brief: Public realm study for Oxford; Birmingham skyscraper application submitted

03.10.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 3 October, 2017

Appeal: Council must pay costs after refusing retirement apartments

30.08.2017

An inspector has granted permission for 31 two-bedroom retirement apartments in Ruscombe, near Reading, Berkshire, after deciding the council had failed to distinguish between ‘difference and harm...