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Appeal: ‘Eco studios’ for holidaying gliders blocked despite support

12.02.2021

airfield | Cymru | Holiday accommodation | Leisure & Tourism | visual impact

Plans for eight hot tub-equipped ‘eco studios’ at a Denbighshire airfield have been rejected by an inspector despite letters of support from the British Gliding Association and others, after he found...

Legal briefs: Visual impact not an obligatory consideration in green belt openness; £160K fine for damage to Warwickshire scheduled monument

07.02.2020

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 1 February-7 February 2020.

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Appeal: 375-home scheme would harm Aylesbury Vale landscape

14.11.2018

Matt Moody

Housing | landscape character | South East | tilted balance | visual impact

An inspector has blocked plans for 375 homes near the village of Stoke Mandeville, ruling that the scheme’s benefits could not outweigh the unacceptable harm it would cause to the surrounding...

Appeal: ‘Well-judged’ flat-roof home allowed on Isle of Skye 

31.07.2018

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved a new home on the Isle of Skye despite local objections to its flat-roofed design, ruling that it would not ‘compete or clash’ with the area’s existing character...

Appeals round-up: Military vehicle storage unit would ‘incrementally harm’ countryside; Cricket nets ‘to be expected’ at historic cricket club

13.07.2018

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 7 July-13 July, 2018

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Appeal: Applying development plan ‘with full rigour’ could worsen housing deficit

22.11.2017

Matt Moody

Outline permission for 235 homes and a primary school in Nottinghamshire has been granted despite conflict with the local core strategy, after an inspector warned that applying the development plan ‘...

Appeal: Visual impact assessment ‘underplayed’ harm to Derbyshire landscape

03.07.2017

East Midlands | Environmental | Housing | Rural | visual impact

An inspector has refused permission for a 60-home scheme near Matlock, Derbyshire, ruling that the visual impact assessment submitted along with the proposal had underplayed the magnitude of harm to the...