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Appeal: Shipping containers permanent enough to harm green belt

23.04.2021

An inspector has rejected plans to site five shipping containers on green belt land for self-storage purposes, ruling that they would have ‘a degree of affixation and permanence’ that would amount to a...

Appeals round-up: Better rugby facilities do not outweigh loss to cricket; Bungalow would have no greater green belt impact than polytunnel

19.02.2021

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 13 Februrary-19 February, 2021

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Appeal: Airbnb shipping container harms heritage

19.02.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused retrospective consent for a 12-metre shipping container installed next to a listed bed-and-breakfast business in Sleaford, ruling that pollution-eating moss cladding and a roof...

Appeal: ‘Garish’ ice cream kiosk caused ‘significant harm’

31.10.2019

Matt Moody

A shipping container in Mablethorpe in use as an ice cream kiosk had caused ‘significant harm’ to the ‘pleasant character’ of the car park it was sited in, an inspector has ruled, citing the kiosk’s ‘garish...

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210,000 homeless children in England

21.08.2019

Laura Edgar

There is an estimated 210,000 children in England that do not have a safe home, a report out today has suggested.

News in brief: 1,300 homes for Ripon; MPs launch inquiry into devolution

16.07.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 16 July, 2019

Hampton Magna masterplan / Richborough Estates

News in brief: 131 homes approved in Warwickshire; Focus must be on Scottish SMEs to deliver more housing

05.02.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 5 February, 2019

Swansea ‘box village’ project unveiled

05.01.2017

Roger Milne

The University of Wales Trinity St David has unveiled proposals for a so-called Swansea ‘box village’ made up of thousands of former shipping containers providing up to 18,580 square metres of floor space.

UK’s biggest ‘box-city’ proposed for Cardiff

27.10.2016

Roger Milne

Cardiff | Cymru | Leisure & Tourism | shipping container

Proposals have been unveiled for what would be the UK’s most ambitious shipping container development, a mixed-used scheme earmarked to rejuvenate the Porth Teigr area of Cardiff Bay.