A Mayfair restaurant wins approval for revised shopfront details, but its fold-down benches must still be secured when outdoor tables are removed.
Mayfair Shopfront Appeal Partly Succeeds
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Appeals & Inspectorate News – Page 3
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Dorset Agricultural Building Appeal Wins Landscape Approval
A Dorset sheep-farm storage building wins prior approval after an Inspector finds agricultural necessity and acceptable landscape effects despite council objections.
Children’s home appeal wins lawful use in Bexley
An Inspector grants a Bexley children’s home lawful use certificate after finding a proposed two-child residential home would not materially change the dwelling.
Office conversion appeal wins in South Downs National Park
A South Downs office returns to residential use after an Inspector accepts extensive marketing evidence despite gaps in the supporting paperwork.
Class Q conversion wins after Teignbridge refusal
A Devon barn wins Class Q prior approval after an Inspector accepts structural evidence and rejects objections about drainage and external works.
Southwark flats appeal wins with partial costs
An Inspector allows 38 Peckham flats despite design defects, rejects an unjustified £1 million contribution and orders Southwark to pay partial costs.
Garden annexe appeals succeed in Redbridge and Kirklees
Two allowed appeals clarify when extra bedroom accommodation remains ancillary to a house, despite council objections about design, living standards and parking.
Residential curtilage appeal fails in Woking Green Belt
Woking’s appeal over an extended domestic garden failed after an Inspector distinguished the application red line from the approved residential curtilage.
Airport parking enforcement upheld on Somerset farmland
Two enforcement notices against airport parking near Bristol Airport have been upheld, with an Inspector rejecting requests for additional time to comply.
Children’s home appeals split on safety and lawful use
Two children’s home appeals decided on the same day show how planning permission and lawful development certificates require different evidence and tests.
Short term let appeal fails despite sequential test win
A Barnet holiday-let appeal failed on housing supply, despite the Inspector rejecting a town-centre sequential test and finding no unacceptable neighbour harm.
Okehampton roadblock appeal fails GPDO enclosure test
An inspector rejects permitted development arguments for a concrete-block wall across an unfinished Okehampton road and upholds enforcement.
Walthamstow dormer appeal wins space-standard argument
An inspector allows a dormer extension to an existing flat despite a minor space-standard shortfall, drawing a distinction from new homes.
Tadley flats appeal fails over nuclear emergency risks
Nine flats near Aldermaston were refused on appeal after emergency planners warned that a strained nuclear incident response could not absorb more residents.
Edwinstowe fence appeal quashes enforcement notice
A 1.8-metre corner-plot fence was not permitted development, but an inspector granted retrospective permission and quashed the enforcement notice.
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