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Appeal: Marquee for corporate Christmas parties allowed in green belt

28.05.2021

An inspector has approved the use of a car park in the Hertfordshire green belt for corporate Christmas parties during the festive period each year, noting that events would be held in London instead if...

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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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Called in: Aberdeenshire Traveller site is approved after eight-year battle

09.04.2021

Matt Moody

Scottish ministers have granted permission for a Gypsy and Traveller site in Aberdeenshire after calling it in for a second time, citing the ‘significant hardship’ that would befall residents if permission...

Temporary changes to planning rules come into force in Cheltenham

11.06.2020

Laura Edgar

Cheltenham | Coronavirus | Development Management & Enforcement | South West | temporary permission

Cheltenham Borough Council is accelerating applications for temporary changes to the use of public areas and private land to help businesses to recover from the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

DNS decision: 30MW solar park allowed despite cholera cemetery concerns

13.09.2019

Matt Moody

Welsh housing minister Julie James has approved a Development of National Significance application for a major solar park near Tredegar, despite concerns over harm to the setting of the country's...

Appeal: More regular car boot sales would harm green belt openness

02.07.2019

Matt Moody

A car boot sale in Staffordshire that already has permission to operate for 24 days a year on green belt land would cause unacceptable harm if it was allowed to trade for 40 days a year, an inspector has...

Appeal: Driving test centre run from hotel room can continue

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

A driving test centre operating from a hotel in Bromley can continue for another 12 months, an inspector has ruled, calling the facility ‘an important public service’.