special protection area

Appeal: Missing SPA mitigation agreement scuppers restoration project

09.10.2020

Matt Moody

East of England | Environmental | Heritage | listed building | restoration | Spa | special protection area

A restoration project at a Kent farmstead involving the reconstruction of a collapsed listed barn and conversion of an historic oast house has been scuppered by a failure to agree mitigation measures for a...
Appeal: Hotel extension could disrupt wintering seabirds

29.05.2020

Matt Moody

birds | Environmental | hotel | Leisure & Tourism | North East | special protection area

An inspector has blocked a Sunderland hotel's plan to convert its multi-storey car park into more rooms, citing potential harm to various designated nature conservation sites nearby.
Appeal: Ashdown Forest pollution danger from 74-home scheme

05.12.2019

Matt Moody

air pollution | ashdown forest | Environmental | Housing | housing land supply | South East | special protection area

An inspector has blocked plans for 74 homes in East Sussex, ruling that the risk of harm to air quality in the area meant the 'tilted balance' of NPPF paragraph 11 could not be engaged.
Appeal: Extra housemate’s wastewater could harm Solent protection areas

24.09.2019

Matt Moody

appeal costs | Environmental | HMO | nitrate neutrality | Planning Law | South West | special protection area

An inspector has refused to allow an extra bedroom in a Portsmouth HMO on environmental grounds, despite ruling in a costs decision that the council should have approved the plans before the environmental...