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Appeal: Costs against council after blocking homes despite 7.43-year supply

12.06.2020

An inspector has granted permission for 20 homes on the edge of a Devon village despite conflict with one existing and two emerging plans – and has ordered the council to pay partial costs.

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Appeal: Costs awarded against council for blocking 204-home scheme

22.05.2020

Matt Moody

Rushcliffe Borough Council must pay partial costs for refusing plans for a major housing development in West Bridgford, after an inspector ruled that two of its three reasons for refusal were unsubstantiated...

Appeals round-up: Pandemic lockdown cancels out traffic concerns; Industrial estate café is contrary to town centre policy

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 18 April-24 April, 2020

Appeal: Pandemic lockdown cancels out traffic concerns

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has extended the compliance period of an enforcement notice against an Islamic school in East London, noting that traffic concerns would not be a problem during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Appeal: 165 homes allowed on Glasgow brownfield site

24.04.2020

Matt Moody

brownfield | carbon emissions | Housing | Scotland | traffic

Developer Bellway has won permission to build 165 homes on derelict brownfield land in Glasgow after a reporter dismissed concerns shared by local people and the council over the scheme’s traffic impact....

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Appeal: Noise mitigation measures not covered under GPDO

09.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused prior approval for the conversion of a glazed London office building facing a main road into flats, ruling that the proposed use of an internal wall to mitigate noise was not...

Appeal: Extended ‘cherry season’ would not disrupt locals

03.04.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has removed a condition stipulating that a farm in Kent could only process cherries grown in the county, ruling that year-round processing of imported fruit would not ‘erode local residents’...

Appeal: Gasworks regeneration allowed despite allocation conflict

20.03.2020

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved regeneration plans for a former gasworks in Hertford that would provide nearly twice as many homes as the council had allocated to the site, following a 12-day inquiry.

Appeal: Eastbourne 700-home urban extension blocked

19.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has cited ‘basic risk to highway safety’ in rejecting plans for a major extension to the built-up area of Eastbourne despite the council’s housing land supply shortfall, following an 11-day...

Enforcement: Winter wonderland appeal dismissed despite High Court success

12.12.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against a popular winter wonderland attraction at a garden centre in Clacton-on-Sea, despite the High Court having previously ruled in its favour.

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