retirement housing

We are failing to meet the housing needs of older people

23.07.2019

Jennifer Heron

assisted housing | care home | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | England | Housing | older people | retirement housing | use class

New planning practice guidance on housing the elderly and disabled is welcome, but does not go nearly far enough, argues Jennifer Heron
Appeals round-up: Seafront scheme refused despite design review panel support; Back-garden cricket practice cage deemed a building

05.04.2019

Matt Moody

Demographics & Population Growth | Design | design review panel | enforcement notice | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | Leisure & Tourism | Minerals | recovered appeal | retirement housing | Rural | sand extraction | solar panels | Sports & Recreation | tennis court | UK | Waste & Recycling

A round-up of planning appeals: 30 March-5 April, 2019
Appeal: Retirement flats allowed in light of 0.5-year housing supply

03.04.2019

Matt Moody

conservation area | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | Heritage | Housing | retirement housing | South East

An inspector has approved plans for 43 retirement apartments in Hythe, Hampshire, despite acknowledging that there would be some harm to the adjacent conservation area, citing the council’s ‘completely...
Appeal: Retirement developer's affordable housing calculation 'not justified'

14.03.2019

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Demographics & Population Growth | Finance & Viability | financial viability | retirement housing | South West

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

affordable housing | care home | Demographics & Population Growth | Finance & Viability | London | retirement housing | viability assessment

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

Demographics & Population Growth | Housing | Plan Making - Spatial Planning | retirement housing | spatial planning | West Midlands

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

cil | Community Infrastructure Levy | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly | Finance & Viability | retirement housing | South East

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

affordable housing | Birmingham | Help To Buy | Infrastructure - Transport | Oxford | Public Realm | retirement housing | South East | welborne garden village

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 3 October, 2017
Appeal: Council must pay costs after refusing retirement apartments

30.08.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | elderly housing | Housing | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | retirement housing | South East

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...