town centre

Northern Ireland round-up: 800 rental homes proposed for Belfast’s Titanic Quarter; Mixed-use development picked for capital’s Castle Street

05.02.2021

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 30 January-5 February, 2021

Appeal: Gaming centre allowed at ‘critical stage’ of Luton regeneration

08.01.2021

Matt Moody

An inspector has allowed plans to convert a former betting shop in Luton town centre into an adult gaming centre, commenting that such uses are ‘an established part of high streets... across the country’....

Government revises calculation for housing need

16.12.2020

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has announced that the proposed housing formula for England has been updated to focus on urban areas as the government seeks to ‘level-up’ the country and deliver 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.

Appeal: National problem gambling data does not prove local health risk

21.08.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected Doncaster Council's argument that plans for an adult gaming centre in the town centre would harm public health, ruling that there was not enough localised evidence to show a...

#bettertowns roadmap / Better Towns Roadmap consortium

Interactive roadmap seeks to aid improvement of town centres

30.07.2020

Laura Edgar

high streets | Regeneration | town centre | UK

The Better Towns Roadmap consortium has launched an interactive roadmap to help to ‘transform’ towns across the UK.

Appeal: Vacated post office remains a community facility

19.06.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a former post office to residential use after it moved its services into a nearby convenience store, ruling that the unit could still support the community.

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Appeal: Modular beauty pod allowed despite vacant shop units

12.06.2020

Matt Moody

A prefabricated retail ‘pod’ housing a barbershop and beauty salon in Harlow town centre has received retrospective permission after an inspector decided that it contributed to the vitality of the shopping...

Appeal: Industrial estate café is contrary to town centre policy

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

Business & Enterprise | Cymru | industrial estate | sequential test | town centre

Plans for a café to serve workers on an industrial estate in Newport, South Wales, have been rejected after an inspector found conflict with local policy directing café uses towards town centres.

Appeal: Noise from ultrasound scanners ruled ‘extremely limited’

14.02.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has deleted a condition limiting the opening hours of a pregnancy ultrasound clinic in Alton, Hampshire, noting that the noise impact on neighbours from the scanning equipment was ‘extremely...

Appeals round-up: Fourth pizza takeaway in Eltham street would add ‘vibrancy’; Historic Bletchley Park hall saved from demolition

27.09.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 21 September-27 September, 2019

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