wind turbine

Appeal: 35ft-high tree houses would harm AONB

24.01.2018

Environmental | European protected species | Leisure & Tourism | South East | wind turbine

Plans for two rope bridge-linked tree houses to let as holiday accommodation in East Sussex have been rejected after an inspector found they would harm the ‘scenic beauty’ of the High Weald AONB...

Appeal: Setting of country house outweighs benefits of wind turbine

09.01.2018

Matt Moody

In a ‘finely balanced’ decision, an inspector has refused permission for a 35-metre wind turbine that would save 52 tonnes of carbon emissions each year because it would harm the setting of the...

Appeal: Javid refuses seven wind turbines in Lincolnshire countryside

26.10.2017

Matt Moody

East Midlands | Environmental | heritage assets | Infrastructure - Green | wind turbine

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has refused plans for seven wind turbines in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, ruling that harm to the character of the area outweighed the benefits of renewable energy.

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Clark approves East Anglia offshore wind farm

07.08.2017

Laura Edgar

Energy secretary Greg Clark has granted development consent to the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm given the ‘national need’ for such a development.

Appeal: Javid blocks wind farm despite ‘extensive and weighty’ benefits

27.07.2017

Sajid Javid has upheld an inspector’s decision to refuse permission for 11 wind turbines in Cornwall, ruling that ‘less than substantial’ harm to nearby heritage assets outweighed the...

Appeal: Inspector approves Hartlepool wind turbine

21.07.2017

Huw Morris

An appeal to install a single wind turbine on a farm near Hartlepool has been upheld after most of the community supported the application.

Courtroom Gavel - legal changes that affect planners

Legal briefs: Campaigners crowdfund for Court of Appeal challenge over QPR training site

23.06.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 17 June-23 June, 2017

Legal briefs: Billionaire challenges Scottish ministers' turbines decision

09.06.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 3 June-9 June, 2017

Appeal: Wind turbines would ‘become key feature of landscape’

30.05.2017

Environmental | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Green | Scotland | wind turbine

Plans for a ‘renewable energy park’ in Ayrshire comprising 12 large wind turbines have been refused after a Scottish reporter ruled that the turbines would become a ‘key feature’ of...

Legal briefs: Judge quashes Khan’s decision to designate Bromley town centre as housing zone

07.04.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of legal news: 1 April-7 April, 2017

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