An inspector ruled that an increase in the volume of a replacement house in the North Wessex Downs AONB was indicative of the unacceptable scale of the scheme.
The erection of four dwellings on a hillside within a Shropshire conservation area and close to a castle, designated as a scheduled ancient monument, was held to be insensitive and inappropriate to the character of the area.
A condition preventing a fish and chip shop in Nottinghamshire from opening on Sundays was varied with an inspector concluding that attitudes to opening on such days had changed enormously since the original permission was granted in 1984.
An appeal involving the erection of up to 550 dwellings on a site to the south-west of Glasgow was allowed to proceed after a reporter satisfied himself that it generally accorded with the provisions of a development plan.
A school in the Oxford green belt secured planning permission for the construction of 25 car parking spaces on the basis that it would not adversely impact upon the openness of the area.
The change of use of an art gallery to a café on Tyneside was secured with an inspector also ruling that he did not believe it was necessary for the appellant to undertake a sequential assessment, provided the nature of the use was limited. In so concluding the inspector also held that the appellant...
An enforcement notice requiring the use of premises in southwest London as a private members' club to stop was struck down because the allegation was imprecise.
An inspector refused to delete a condition requiring a window display at a beauty salon in west London, finding that its removal would be harmful to the character and function of the local centre.
A condition which required that the use of part of the upper floor of premises located within a local shopping centre in Surrey should be limited to a holiday travel company for a maximum period of five years was judged to be unnecessary and inappropriate.
In striking down an enforcement notice alleging the unauthorised industrial use of various agricultural buildings in the Essex green belt an inspector concluded that the council had already permitted the commercial use in 2000.
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