In a decision which might not be popular with all of the neighbours an inspector quashed an enforcement notice requiring the removal of work by a noted street artist at a bar and restaurant in London’s Portobello Road, finding no harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area (DCS Number 400-024-502).
Monthly Archives: January 2020
News from PlanningResource
- Developer applies to build 1,800 homes in Stevenage town centre January 6, 2020A planning application has been submitted to build 1,800 homes in a part of Stevenage town centre that has hitherto largely been used for retail, leisure, car parking, transport nodes and social infrastructure facilities.
- HS2 costs 'out of control' January 6, 2020A claim that the cost of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link is "out of control" and could pass more than £100 billion features in today's newspaper round-up.
- Warrington man fined £3,490 over illegal green belt tyre building January 6, 2020A Warrington man has been fined £3,490 for failing to remove a building made from tyres that he had illegally constructed on his land within the green belt.
- Number of major residential schemes approved in England falls by ten per cent January 6, 2020The number of major residential planning applications approved by local authorities across England fell ten per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019, new government statistics have revealed.
- In case you missed it: 15 important things that happened over the Christmas break January 6, 2020Here are 15 key planning stories from across the country over the Christmas period.
- Merseyside council backs 92,900 square metre green belt business park January 3, 2020A Merseyside council has given the green light to plans for a 92,900 square metre business park on the site of a former colliery which sits within the green belt.
- Go-ahead for 995-home Wembley mixed-use scheme January 3, 2020Developer Quintain has secured planning consent for the latest 995-home phase of its Wembley Park scheme in north London despite the proposals failing to meet the authority's benchmark for providing family housing.
- Court backs Shropshire housing consent despite site's 'very likely' local recreation use January 3, 2020A High Court judge has dismissed an effort by a campaigner to overturn a planning consent for 15 homes in Shropshire, despite recognition from the judge that the site in question was "very likely" to have formed part of a local recreation ground.
- High Court blocks London council's effort to halt HS2 works January 3, 2020A London council has failed in an effort to block works required to assist in the delivery of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail project after a judge ruled that the authority did not have the power to halt the proposals.
- Judge rejects claim council was misled by Herefordshire polytunnels planning report January 3, 2020Countryside campaigners have failed in an effort to halt the construction of 11 blocks of polytunnels on 37 hectares of Herefordshire countryside, after a judge rejected a claim that members had been wrongfully advised on the application in a planning report.