Planning (UK) articles from February 2004

Planning (UK) archives from February 2004

Farrell named as design guru for Edinburgh.(Terry Farrell appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Sir Terry Farrell was appointed as Edinburgh's first ever city design champion this week. Farrell was given the honorary post at a reception at Edinburgh City Chambers. His role will be to promote and uphold urban design standards for the...

Newcastle regeneration wins top prize.(Royal Town Planning Institute award)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A six-year programme to regenerate Newcastle's 19th century urban core was revealed as winner of the RTPI's premier planning award this week. At yesterday's RTPI Planning Awards 2003 presentation, the Grainger Town Project received the...

Gateway partners air funding fears.(Thames Gateway U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Regenerating the Thames Gateway could cost up to pounds 20 billion, leaving a funding shortfall of 'several billion', according to a funding strategy study. The Thames Gateway London Partnership (TGLP), together with the London Development...

Home Office to can proposed asylum centre.(Hampshire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The Home Office will not seek planning approval for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers at a former naval base in Hampshire, it said this week. The department announced that it has decided not to pursue the proposal for the centre...

Government's northern growth corridor aims to narrow regional economic divide.(planning U.K. www.planningresource.co.uk)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The government is set to revive the idea of a northern growth corridor as part of plans to redress economic imbalance between the north and south of England, it emerged this week. The corridor is intended to create jobs, sustainable...

Rooker lobbies for more funds to revive housing.(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... More money is needed to tackle areas of housing market failure in the north of England and the Midlands, regeneration minister Lord Rooker admitted this week. Rooker conceded that the pounds 500 million fund earmarked for housing market...

Gloucester regeneration company promises to harness cathedral city's heritage.(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Plans to build 3,000 homes in Gloucester will be a key target for an urban regeneration company (URC) approved by the government this week. The ODPM has approved plans for a Gloucester Heritage URC to be set up to spearhead the renaissance...

Retailers blast effort to curb store growth.(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Proposals by opposition politicians to close a loophole in planning law that allows retailers to develop mezzanine floors have been criticised by a coalition of retail organisations. Two Liberal Democrat peers were due to table an amendment...

Agency seeks go-ahead for Cardiff village.(Ely Bridge planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Ambitious plans to create an urban neighbourhood were sent to Cardiff County Council planners this week. The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) is seeking permission for a pounds 100 million regeneration scheme at Ely Bridge, which it claims...

ODPM holds talks on student grants.(Office of the Deputy Prime Minister U.K.)
February 6, 2004... Students on new fast track postgraduate planning degrees could receive government grants as part of a scheme under consideration at the ODPM. Planning has learned that the ODPM is in talks with the heads of planning schools with a view to...

West Pier beset by funding problems.(Brighton, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Plans to restore Brighton's grade I listed West Pier were thrown into uncertainty last week when lottery funding for the project fell through. St Modwen Properties had agreed in principle a grant of pounds 14 million from the Heritage...

Report points out cause of housing crisis.(Joseph Rowntree Foundation www.planningresource.co.uk)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Nimbyism is the biggest obstacle to redressing the nation's housing shortage, according to a report published this week. A chapter in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's report on tackling poverty in the UK also says that politicians should...

NEWS IN BRIEF: The London Borough of Southwark's planning processes ..(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The London Borough of Southwark's planning processes have been lambasted in an Audit Commission report. District auditor Derek Elliott points to 'serious deficiencies and failings' in Southwark's planning and decision-making procedures relating...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority ..(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority granted final planning approval for the Bluestone holiday village project last week. The scheme, near Narberth, includes 340 timber lodges, a water-based theme park, a sports park and a snow centre....

NEWS IN BRIEF: Supermarkets and other big retailers ..(building extensions without permission, Friends of the Earth research)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Supermarkets and other big retailers are continuing to build 'massive store extensions' without permission, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth. A poll of local authorities reveals ongoing mezzanine floor activity to avoid restrictive...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Around 10,000 homes could be built ..(Ken Livingstone, London, England www.planningresource.co.uk)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Around 10,000 homes could be built on top of supermarkets in London under guidance published by mayor Ken Livingstone last week. The draft best practice guidelines say that around three-quarters of the capital's superstores could accommodate...

NEWS IN BRIEF: England's planning authorities received ..(the highest number of applications www.planningresource.co.uk)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... England's planning authorities received the highest number of applications for 13 years during 2002-03, the ODPM revealed this week. Latest development control statistics show that 634,000 applications were received last year. Around 14 per...

NEWS IN BRIEF: A pounds 500,000 scheme to involve artists ..(Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Arts and Business)
February 6, 2004... A pounds 500,000 scheme to involve artists in planning and urban design has been launched by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Arts and Business. The two-year grant is designed to fund artists' work for public and...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Appointment at the Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate.(Corinne Swain appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Corinne Swain has been reappointed as chairwoman of the Advisory Panel on Standards for the Planning Inspectorate. Pip David has been reappointed as a lay panel member. Planning minister Keith Hill has announced four new panel members: Julian...

RTPI responds to spatial plan for Wales.(Royal Town Planning Institute U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The Wales Spatial Plan should tackle key policy decisions on housing, transport, the environment and economic well-being, the RTPI has insisted. In its response to the draft plan, sent to the Welsh Assembly Government last week, the...

Statistics reveal growth in trend for single living.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The rise in single-person households across Britain is showing no signs of abating, according to latest government statistics. The National Statistics figures, released last week as part of its annual social trends study, show that the...

Study exposes use of parks in England.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Couples and families make up the majority of visitors to English green spaces, according to latest research which reveals that few people from black and minority ethnic groups make such trips. A forthcoming English Nature report, based on...

Report seeks boost to town centre image.(Scottish Executive)(Institute of Retail Studies)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The Scottish Executive should give a higher profile to promoting town centres, according to latest research. A study conducted for the executive by CB Richard Ellis, the Institute of Retail Studies and Colin Buchanan and Partners finds that...

Agency points out needs of rural children.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Around 700,000 children in rural areas live on the margins of poverty but their needs are often overlooked, according to the Countryside Agency. The agency claims that the needs of children in rural areas are often difficult to meet...

REGENERATION NEWS: Poor areas found to foil investment.
February 6, 2004... Conflicts between investor and council priorities and site assembly difficulties are marking out some deprived neighbourhoods as investment 'no-go' areas, according to research published last week. The study, carried out by Experian and the...

REGENERATION NEWS: Probe slams regional grants.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Thirty years of regional grants to assisted areas have failed to close gaps between economic performance in English regions, MPs were told last week. The Commons public accounts committee has revealed 'how little real impact' annual grants...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: The drive to turn the West Midlands ..(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The drive to turn the West Midlands into a world-class region is being hampered by a lack of attention to the quality of the environment, according to research published last week. A report by environmental regeneration charity Groundwork and...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: A scheme to transform Blackburn town centre ..(Northwest Development Agency)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A scheme to transform Blackburn town centre into a key retail and employment centre has been awarded pounds 13 million from the Northwest Development Agency. The project, which will be delivered by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, will...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: Three design teams have been shortlisted ..(South East England Development Agency)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Three design teams have been shortlisted for the first phase of a mixed-use seafront development on the former Metropole Hotel site at Bexhill, East Sussex. Ahrends Burton & Koralek, Aukett and Chapman Taylor with van Heyningen & Haward will...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: Four council tower blocks in Blackley, Manchester ..(LPC Living )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Four council tower blocks in Blackley, Manchester, are set for a pounds 24 million transformation under plans unveiled by developer LPC Living last week. A planning application submitted to Manchester City Council outlines the company's...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: A pounds 3.5 million scheme ..(South East England Development Agency)(RH Partnership )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A pounds 3.5 million scheme to develop a hi-tech business centre in Hastings has taken a step forward with the selection of architects RH Partnership as designer. The project, led by the South East England Development Agency, will provide 3,000...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: More than pounds 4 million ..(Chester-le-Street District Council)(One North East)(County Durham Economic Partnership)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... More than pounds 4 million will be invested in the regeneration of Chester-le-Street's town centre under plans unveiled last week. The New Heart Project will see the redevelopment of the town centre with the creation of a town square and the...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: Rare wildlife at a site in Essex ..(East of England Development Agency)(English Nature )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Rare wildlife at a site in Essex earmarked for employment development will be protected, the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and English Nature have promised. The EEDA bought the 27.5ha Northwick Road site in Canvey Island from...

REGENERATION NEWS IN BRIEF: Bedford Borough Council has launched ..(Bedford Borough Council )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Bedford Borough Council has launched a competition to redevelop the Castle Lane area in the town centre. The 0.73ha area was cleared for redevelopment but has remained empty for the past 40 years. The local plan will allow a mix of uses at the...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Activists call for halt on port decisions.(www.portswatch.org.uk)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Decisions on building ports should be put on hold until a coherent national strategy is produced by the government, campaigners claimed this week. Portswatch, a consortium of eight environmental and transport lobby groups, says ministers...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Inflated costs threaten Leeds light rail scheme.(Leeds Supertram )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The future of the pounds 500 million Leeds Supertram light rail project has been thrown into doubt following a government instruction to reassess the financial viability of the scheme. Transport secretary Alistair Darling told Leeds City...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Cornwall takes on airport ownership.(Newquay Cornwall Airport)(Cornwall County Council)(Restormel Borough Council )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Ownership of Newquay Cornwall Airport has been transferred to Cornwall County Council in a move that should safeguard the facility, it emerged last week. It follows a decision to allow Restormel Borough Council - the airport's originating...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Annie, one of two tunnel-boring machines ..(Channel Tunnel Rail Link)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Annie, one of two tunnel-boring machines for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, emerged from the ground at King's Cross last week. The 7.5km journey began 17 months ago in Stratford, east London, and has been completed ahead of schedule. Annie's...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Capital's road charge set for consultation.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A ten-week consultation on proposed changes to the London congestion charge began this week. The Greater London Authority (GLA) consultation includes proposals to ease the payment process for commercial users and to bring the scheme into...

TRANSPORT NEWS: Agency seeks Scottish body for transport.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Establishing a national transport agency in Scotland is highly important, according to the Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT). Commenting on the proposal to establish Transport Scotland (Planning, 19 September 2003, p3), CfIT says...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Halcrow has been appointed to carry out ..(Stoke-on-Trent City Council)(Staffordshire County Council)(Highways Agency)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Halcrow has been appointed to carry out an integrated transport study of the north Staffordshire area. The study, jointly funded by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire County Council, the Highways Agency and regional development agency...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: White Young Green Planning has been commissioned ..(Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... White Young Green Planning has been commissioned by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to conduct a retail and leisure study. The study will assess the need for additional shopping and leisure development in the borough as part of the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Faber Maunsell has been appointed ..(Yorkshire and Humber Assembly )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Faber Maunsell has been appointed to develop a strategy for moving lorry traffic in and out of towns and villages in the Yorkshire and Humber region. It was commissioned by the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly in partnership with regional...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Scott Wilson has been commissioned ..(Scott Wilson)(King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Scott Wilson has been commissioned to draw up detailed plans to restore an urban park in King's Lynn. The work for King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council will provide full details of proposals to restore The Walks, a 250-year-old...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Developer Parkview International has asked ..(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Developer Parkview International has asked Babtie Group to draw up a transport strategy for the pounds 750 million redevelopment of Battersea Power Station. The strategy, which will guide the movement of people and freight, is designed to...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: A 15 per cent increase in gross turnover ..(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A 15 per cent increase in gross turnover for the six months to November 2003 has been reported by Drivers Jonas. The half-year results show that fee turnover from construction and project management was particularly strong. The consultancy's...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Urban Initiatives has been appointed ..(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Urban Initiatives has been appointed as lead consultant on a masterplan and development strategy for a 64ha development in the Laurieston area of Glasgow. The aim of the project is to provide a strategy for the physical regeneration of the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Consultant engineers Peter Brett Associates ..(Peter Brett Associates )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Consultant engineers Peter Brett Associates (PBA) have relocated to a larger office in Warrington to accommodate the growth of the firm's business in the North West. PBA's growth in the region follows announcements of new offices serving the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Professional support service company Mouchel Parkman ..(Mouchel Parkman )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Professional support service company Mouchel Parkman has announced an overhaul of its management structure and the creation of a group executive. The reorganisation, which was prompted by the merger of Mouchel and Parkman last October, sees the...

SCOTTISH NEWS: Aberdeen unveils 'ambitious' draft.
February 6, 2004... An 'ambitious and interventionist' draft local plan envisaging thousands of homes on green belt sites around Aberdeen has been published. The Aberdeen City Council document estimates that up to 14,500 homes will be required by 2021 and...

SCOTTISH NEWS: Car control efforts shown to be failing.(planning U.K.)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The Scottish Executive appears to be making little headway in persuading people to leave their cars at home, according to latest figures. A survey of household transport in 2002 shows that 68 per cent of people travelled to work by car or...

SCOTTISH NEWS: Meadowbank housing plan contemplated.(Sighthill Park, Scotland)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Edinburgh City Council is considering demolishing Meadowbank Athletics Stadium and selling the site for housing under plans that could also see a sports complex built in Sighthill Park. This is one of the options likely to be considered by...

ANALYSIS: Crash course to avert crisis.(urban planning education includes "Accredited Fast Track Degrees in the U.K. and Ireland" listings)
February 6, 2004... Fast track degrees are being seen as a big market boost for planning education, reports Rob Winkley. As the old saying goes, you cannot fit a quart into a pint pot. Yet 17 planning schools the length of the country have spent the past...

Breathing new life into undervalued resource.(planning U.K. www.planningresource.co.uk)
February 6, 2004... Growing towns and cities need a vision for countryside areas on their fringes, writes David Dewar. British planning pioneer Ebenezer Howard was the first to highlight the role played by the countryside just outside our towns and cities...

TANNER ON: The odd choice of sites for office developments.(planning U.K.)(Column)
February 6, 2004... Every morning as I drive to work along the congestion-free roads that head northwards from Cardiff, I cross over the very congested M4 motorway packed with early morning commuter traffic. Years ago, when the economy was centred on manufacturing...

OPINION: Fyson on ... trend for unified voice on fighting social exclusion.(Joseph Rowntree Foundation U.K.)(Column)
February 6, 2004... The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has marked the start of its centenary year by publishing a report that suggests growing agreement about the need to tackle poverty. It says that the country is 'moving closer to consensus concerning the...

EDITORIAL: Presentation crucial for renewal package.(John Prescott planning U.K.)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 6, 2004... Instead of the excitement that should greet a multi-million pound package for renewing the north of England, there is something wearying about this week's announcement from deputy prime minister John Prescott. Yet again, little of this is...

INTERVIEW: Seizing the gauntlet.(Mike Hayes, Royal Town Planning Institute)(Interview)
February 6, 2004... Mike Hayes's unique career stands him in good stead for his presidency of the RTPI and for meeting the various challenges facing the profession, writes Huw Morris. Few of planning's luminaries have served as a chief officer in two of the...

Filling the job market gaps.(Local Government Services Ltd.)
February 6, 2004... From modest beginnings, a trio of former council planning chiefs has built up a valuable lifeline for hard-pressed authorities. David Dewar investigates. Anyone who works in local authority planning in the central and eastern counties of...

Versatile premises worthy of approval.(planning U.K.)
February 6, 2004... Premises that combine living and working space meet several key policy objectives and should not have to struggle to obtain approval from planners, maintains Tim Dwelly. The idea of living and working from the same address seems to hit all...

NOTEBOOK: Planners' key diversity role.(European Union)
February 6, 2004... The consequences of the EU failing to properly cater for diversity could prove to be dangerous for established members and accession countries alike, contends Cliff Hague. How should planning operate in societies characterised by...

CASEBOOK: Freight terminal at former air base secures approval.(Alconbury Airfield, Cambridgeshire, England)
February 6, 2004... The deputy prime minister has allowed two appeals involving land at Alconbury Airfield in Cambridgeshire, concluding that its use for distribution and industrial purposes and a waste recycling facility would not be premature pending...

CASEBOOK: Backland homes agreed despite council objection.(Sutton Coldfield, England)
February 6, 2004... A proposal to develop 20 homes on a backland site in Sutton Coldfield has been granted permission following an inspector's conclusion that it would not undermine the character and appearance of the area. The scheme involved the demolition...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Agricultural development - Obligation on farm worker dwelling discharged.(Staffordshire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A planning obligation restricting the occupation of a house in Staffordshire to an agricultural worker employed at a farm has been discharged following a finding that it no longer served a useful planning purpose. The obligation was...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Commercial and industrial - Council fails to show employment use abandoned.(Cornwall, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A lawful development certificate has been issued for various commercial activities on land in Cornwall after an inspector concluded that employment use of the site had not been abandoned. The 0.6ha site had been used since the 1950s for the...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Commercial and industrial - Bulky warehouse ruled out in quality landscape.(High Weald, Kent, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A planned warehouse in the High Weald area of outstanding natural beauty in Kent has been rejected after an inspector decided that it would create a long, large and bulky building that would be out of scale and context with its surroundings. It...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Community facilities - Fence held harmful to neighbours of care home.(North Wales)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A plan to erect a 3m high steel fence at a low-security home for the mentally ill in north Wales has been refused on the grounds that it would be harmful to the character and appearance of the surrounding countryside and to the living...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Community facilities - Cemetery buildings judged harmful to green belt.(Essex, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A proposal for a cemetery, place of worship and manager's dwelling in the Essex metropolitan green belt has been rejected on the basis that it would be an inappropriate form of development and would harm highway safety. The appellants...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Gypsy development - Need for Gypsy sites carries insufficient weight.(London, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... An inspector has ruled that the need for additional Gypsy sites in a west London borough does not amount to a very special circumstance justifying development in the green belt, although he concluded that a temporary permission was merited. ...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: new build - Clay quarry pool held not to be brownfield land.(Leicestershire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A scheme to landfill a large pool formed from clay extraction at a quarry in Leicestershire and redevelop the site for housing has been rejected by an inspector who held that it did not comprise brownfield land and constituted a recreational...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: new build - Lawful use claim ruled out for estate road.(West Cornwall, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A lawful development certificate seeking confirmation that a housing estate in west Cornwall can be completed without further permission has been denied after an estate road was found not to accord with an outline planning permission granted in...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: new build - Developer escapes demand for transport funding.(Gloucestershire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A scheme to build 24 apartments at a site in Gloucestershire has won support from an inspector who determined that there was no need for the developer to make provision for off-site transport infrastructure. The inspector found that the...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: new build - Homes plan judged overbearing and harmful.(Gower, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A scheme for 37 houses on two fields allocated for development in the Gower area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) has been refused because of the overbearing impact of one of the plots on adjacent dwellings, thereby undermining the living...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: conversion - Conversion costs justify fewer affordable units.(Worcestershire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The conversion of a grade II listed office building in Worcestershire to 46 flats has been approved after an inspector ruled that only 26 per cent of the units should be affordable rather than the 30 per cent required under a local plan policy....

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Housing: conversion - Definition of development applied to Crown land.(Norfolk, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A request for confirmation that seven barrack blocks at a former RAF base in Norfolk can lawfully be used for residential accommodation has been rejected after an inspector concluded that they were ancillary to the aerodrome use and as a...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Householder development - Wind turbine allowed due to limited impact.(Hertfordshire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A wind turbine has been allowed at a dwelling in Herefordshire after an inspector decided that it would not be harmful to the rural landscape or the living conditions of neighbours in terms of noise and visual intrusion. The appeal site...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Householder development - Stabling of horses judged not incidental at house.(Lancashire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Enforcement action taken against the stabling of seven horses at a house in Lancashire has been upheld after an inspector ruled that it was not incidental to the residential use and had an adverse impact on neighbours' living conditions. A...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Householder development - Rabbit boarding ruled unacceptable mixed use.(Hertfordshire, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... An enforcement notice directed against the unauthorised change of use of a house in Hertfordshire to include the keeping of rabbits has been upheld because the resultant mixed use created a significant smell that harmed the amenity of nearby...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Householder development - Stable conversion held to damage local economy.(Suffolk, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The change of use of a stable block and the construction of a swimming pool at a site in Suffolk have been held to adversely affect its commercial importance as a racehorse training establishment. The site had a lawful use for the training...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Householder development - Timber jetty held to clash with design tradition.(Cornwall, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... Planning permission has been refused for the construction of a timber jetty extending 12m into an estuary in the Cornwall area of outstanding natural beauty because of its harmful impact on the landscape character of the area. The jetty...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Leisure and entertainment - Miniature railway blocked in protected landscape.(North Wessex Downs, England)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A miniature railway at a garden centre in the North Wessex Downs area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) has been rejected on the grounds that it would be harmful to the character and appearance of the area and would unacceptably increase...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Leisure and entertainment - Microlight flying school passes safety tests.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... The change of use of a field in Norfolk to a microlight flying school and club has been allowed on a temporary basis following an inspector's acceptance that it would not harm the amenity of nearby residents or compromise safety by distracting...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Listed buildings - City entitled to act over shopfront colour scheme.(York City Council )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... An inspector has ruled that York City Council was not estopped from issuing a listed building enforcement notice requiring the repainting of a shop in the city's conservation centre, despite a conservation officer's advice that listed building...

CASEBOOK: Appeal cases - Minerals and waste - Quarry extension allowed in sensitive landscape.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2004... A 13ha extension to an Oxfordshire limestone quarry has been permitted despite the site's location within an area of high landscape value close to the Cotswold area of outstanding natural beauty. The existing quarry extended over 30ha and...