retrospective permission

Appeal: Suburban sweet shop cannot prevent car-borne customers

11.09.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | noise impact | retrospective permission | small business | traffic | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for the conversion of an outbuilding in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, into a sweet shop, ruling that the appellant could not guarantee that only local...
Appeal: ‘Cat containment area’ deemed harmful to heritage

28.08.2020

Matt Moody

animals | conservation area | Heritage | retrospective permission | Yorkshire

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a ‘cat containment area’ added to the front of a stone terraced home in a West Yorkshire conservation area, after rejecting the appellants’ claim that it...
Appeal: Garden ‘BBQ hut’ retrospectively approved

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

Environmental | Leisure & Tourism | noise impact | odour | retrospective permission | South West

An inspector has approved plans for a timber hut with built-in barbecue in the rear garden of a Weymouth home, ruling that its effects would be no worse than those caused by a garden party or normal outdoor...
Appeal: ‘Vibrant' pink paint at odds with conservation area

06.03.2020

Matt Moody

conservation area | Heritage | North West | paint | retrospective permission

An inspector has refused retrospective permission to paint a home in a Merseyside conservation area a ‘vibrant’ shade of pink, deeming the colour scheme ‘at odds with the palette’ of the area.
Appeal: Retrospective consent to demolish ‘dangerous’ chimney refused

31.05.2019

Matt Moody

conservation area | Health | Heritage | retrospective permission | West Midlands

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for the removal of a chimney in Walsall that the building’s owner argued was ‘dangerous and at risk of collapse’, citing unacceptable harm to the character...
Appeal: Bronze statue of local businessman is ‘incongruous’

12.10.2018

Matt Moody

Community Infrastructure | London | retrospective permission | statue | visual amenity

An inspector has refused retrospective permission for a bronze statue of a recently deceased local businessman in Paddington, calling it ‘discordant and incongruous’ despite its ‘high-...