An Inspector has allowed two homes in Little Totham after accepting coastal habitats mitigation, but detailed planning permission remains outstanding.
Permission in principle appeal allows two Essex homes
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Planning Appeals
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From allowed and dismissed appeals to enforcement and costs decisions, this is where we follow the Inspectors' findings in detail, without crowding out general planning news.
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Latest appeal decisions
The most recently published decisions and their practical lessons.
Partial costs award despite failed Little Easton appeal
Uttlesford faces a partial costs bill after an Inspector dismissed five homes but criticised the council’s unsupported drainage refusal reason.
Linthorpe enforcement appeal orders roof restoration
An Inspector upholds a Middlesbrough enforcement notice requiring traditional slate roofing, a chimney rebuild and removal of a rear extension.
Coach house appeal wins despite poor walking links
A Surrey coach house conversion wins on appeal despite unsafe walking routes, after the Inspector weighs housing need, energy benefits and highway evidence.
Wrestlingworth housing appeal fails despite NPPF support
Two homes outside Wrestlingworth fail at appeal despite meeting the NPPF housing-need gateway, as landscape and design policy prove decisive.
Grey belt appeal fails over unsafe rural access
Nine-home grey belt scheme near Over Peover loses appeal because rural walking routes and informal bus access fail the sustainability test.
Blyth flats appeal fails on heritage and coastal impacts
Five homes in Blyth were rejected at appeal over historic design, inadequate outlook, parking risks and unsecured coastal habitat mitigation.
Rural infill appeal overrides countryside housing policies
A Hurworth rural bungalow was allowed after revised national policy outweighed settlement-boundary conflict and nutrient mitigation was secured by conditions.
Street Hub appeal fails over crime and clutter
Both Redcar Street Hub appeals were dismissed after the Inspector identified crime concerns and harmful digital advertising clutter, despite rejecting road safety objections.
Green Belt annexe loses appeal and costs bid
A Cheshire East Green Belt annexe appeal is dismissed despite meeting a national policy exception, while the council escapes costs despite unreasonable delay.
Self-build appeal wins despite weak legal undertaking
A Harrogate self-build appeal succeeds on housing need despite an undertaking too weak to guarantee a self-build home.
Temporary permission appeal rejects 50-car storage site
A Beadlow vehicle storage appeal fails after an Inspector finds insufficient justification for extending a two-year temporary planning permission.
Grey belt appeal allows four homes at Pipehill
Four Pipehill homes win a grey belt appeal after an Inspector rejects Lichfield’s Green Belt objection and accepts habitat mitigation.
CIL commencement date appeal wins but surcharge remains
Croydon’s CIL appeal corrects a retrospective permission’s commencement date but leaves the surcharge intact, highlighting two separate statutory tests.
Annexe lawful use confirmed despite holiday lettings
An Inspector finds short-term holiday occupation did not prevent a listed Somerset annexe becoming a lawful independent Class C3 dwelling.
Listed building enforcement survives delisting challenge
A Lancaster listed building enforcement notice survives challenges to the building’s designation, replacement uPVC windows and claimed urgent safety works.
Vittoria Wharf appeal wins for homes and studios
A Tower Hamlets inquiry approves mixed-use homes and creative workspace after detailed disputes about warehouse living, cultural venues and heritage.
Fitness centre appeal defeats old employment policy
A Ribble Valley fitness centre wins permission after an Inspector rejects a narrow reading of employment policy and applies the small-scale rural sequential-test exception.
Green Belt infill wins despite heritage and farmland loss
Two Rufford homes won on appeal after an Inspector reduced the weight of restrictive conservation-area and agricultural-land policies.
Holiday let appeal fails over flood evacuation
A Hampshire holiday let proposal failed because flood evacuation was not adequately evidenced, despite the mobile home’s existing lawful equine welfare use.
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