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Appeal: Private school canteen harms Oxford shopping area

11.06.2021

An Oxford boarding college’s conversion of a nearby restaurant into a private cafeteria for its students has been refused retrospective permission by an inspector, who found the facility’s lack of active...

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Appeal: Contribution to schools ‘necessary’ from 201-home scheme

11.06.2021

Matt Moody

Plans to build 201 homes on the edge of Chorley would ‘place a burden’ on local schools, an inspector has found, ruling that the contribution towards 20 school places sought by the local county council was ‘...

Charles Dickens in his study at Gad's Hill / iStock: 481387214

Appeal: Permanent permission at home of Dickens denied

20.05.2021

Matt Moody

A Kent private school occupying the grade I listed country home of Charles Dickens has had its application for permanent permission for a temporary building first installed at the site in 2003 denied by an...

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Appeal: Jenrick allows school despite its design deficiencies

26.03.2021

Matt Moody

The housing secretary has approved plans for a secondary and SEN school in Sutton, despite noting that the scheme fell short of a policy requirement for ‘exemplary design’ he decided should apply, and that...

Appeal: McDonald’s allowed near primary school despite obesity fears

15.01.2021

Matt Moody

Plans for a new McDonald’s near a primary school in Mansfield can go ahead, after an inspector ruled that younger children were likely to be accompanied by a parent or guardian who would ‘have the child’s...

Appeal: ‘Very limited’ capacity justifies green belt SEN facility

11.12.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans for the expansion of a special needs school in Surrey that clashed with green belt rules, citing the ‘very limited’ offering in the area that had left some children out of...

Legal briefs: Judicial review for Hounslow cycleway; M28 fight runs out of road

20.11.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 7 November-13 November, 2020

Legal briefs: Court of Appeal bid to overturn permission for Suffolk school rejected; Consultancy conflict of interest case over Dublin development

18.09.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 12 September –18 September 2020

Appeal: Pandemic lockdown cancels out traffic concerns

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has extended the compliance period of an enforcement notice against an Islamic school in East London, noting that traffic concerns would not be a problem during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Appeal: Prep school’s climbing frame is a building, rules inspector

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has issued a split decision over a private nursery’s unauthorised play area, ruling that a timber climbing frame was a building for planning purposes but granting permission for resurfacing...

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