tranquility

Appeal: 59 homes allowed in designated coastal zone

24.09.2021

Matt Moody

AONB | coastal planning | Housing | landscape character | Rural | South West | tranquility

An inspector has approved plans for 59 homes on land within a designated coastal and estuarine zone (CEZ) in North Devon, ruling that the appeal site and the area immediately around it did not have an ‘...
Appeal: National park airstrip found harmful to protected birds

30.04.2021

Matt Moody

Article 4 | aviation | birds | Environmental | National Park | Protected species | tranquility | Yorkshire

An application to lift an article 4 direction and allow the private weekly use of an airstrip in the North York Moors has been rejected for a fourth time, after an inspector took a precautionary approach to...
Appeal: Waterborne expansion to historic tea room rejected

24.07.2020

Matt Moody

boats | Business & Enterprise | East of England | Environmental | Heritage | listed building | tranquility | Water & Marine

Plans to expand a listed canal-side tea room in Norfolk by mooring four boats nearby to offer extra seating and holiday accommodation have been rejected by an inspector, who was concerned that the scheme...
Appeal: Game shooting ‘does not enhance tranquility’, says inspector

01.05.2020

Matt Moody

countryside | Environmental | farm diversification | hearing | Leisure & Tourism | National Park | ppg | South East | tranquility

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against the use of land in the South Downs National Park for game shooting, finding that the use conserved but did not enhance the tranquility of the area.
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