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Appeal: Costs awarded against council for ignoring HMO appeal precedents

07.06.2019

Matt Moody

appeal costs | community cohesion | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | North East | Planning Law | student

Durham County Council must pay costs for refusing to allow an HMO despite evidence from other appeals demonstrating that a policy test justifying the scheme had been met, an inspector has ruled.
Increasing numbers of students remain RTPI members

14.01.2019

Laura Edgar

Professional Development | RTPI | student | UK

There has been a significant increase in the number of students remaining members after completing their degrees, the RTPI has said.
Appeals round-up: Tourist accommodation at alpaca farm would be inappropriate; Golf netting refused for green belt harm despite safety concerns

14.12.2018

Matt Moody

affordable housing | Demographics & Population Growth | elderly care | Finance & Viability | Green Belt | Health | HMO | Housing | Infrastructure - Energy | interconnectors | Planning Law | Rural | rural worker's dwelling | student | UK

A round-up of planning appeals: 8 December-14 December 2018
Appeal: ‘Modern furnishings and Wi-Fi’ do not justify a poor living environment

17.08.2018

Matt Moody

building design | Design | overlooking | South West | student

Plans to replace a former pub in a residential area of Bath with a block of seven flats have been blocked, after an inspector disapproved of the scheme’s contemporary design.
Appeal: Two more bedrooms for 16-bed HMO would harm living conditions

03.07.2017

Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing | student | West Midlands

An inspector has refused permission for a basement conversion in Leamington Spa that would add two more bedrooms to a 16-bed HMO, ruling that the ‘oppressive outlook’ from the new bedrooms would...
Appeal: Council's fear of ‘student threat’ not substantiated by figures

30.05.2017

community cohesion | Demographics & Population Growth | East Midlands | HMO | Housing | student

An inspector has allowed an HMO conversion in Nottingham, ruling that the council's fear of the ‘threat’ posed by high levels of student HMOs was unsubstantiated, citing local figures that...
Appeal: ‘Police enforcement’ can address HMO antisocial behaviour

26.04.2017

Cymru | Demographics & Population Growth | HMO | Housing | police | student

An inspector has granted permission for a change of use for an HMO in Swansea despite a high concentration of shared housing in the area, ruling that antisocial behaviour could be managed by ‘police...
Appeal: Student banter would ‘inevitably’ disrupt residents

21.03.2017

East Midlands | Housing | noise impact | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | student

Plans to convert a home in a residential area to a student house in multiple occupation (HMO) have been refused after an inspector ruled that student tenants meant “loud banter” and “on...
RTPI creates university masters fund

22.05.2015

Laura Edgar

Business & Enterprise | planning | RTPI | student | UK

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has created a new fund to generate bursaries for places on accredited university planning masters courses.
Plans for Ulster Uni accommodation submitted

24.04.2014

Roger Milne

Housing | Housing | Northern Ireland | Social infrastructure | student | University of Ulster

Plans for a nine-storey, 200-bedroom privately-run student accommodation block next to the University of Ulster’s new Belfast campus have been submitted