Update: My statement to the planning committee. Update: The Southern Planning Committee decided it would have rejected the application. The Southern Planning Committee will meet online next Tuesday afternoon to decide on whether or not it supports the development of eight homes at Linney House. The site is on the banks of the Corve within […]
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Developer of Linney House lodges appeal before the latest two planning applications have been decided
At the end of last year, developer James Hepworth lodged yet another application for housing in the gardens of Linney House, this time for four homes. The previous application for eight homes lodged in March 2019 had not yet been decided. It still hasn’t been decided so Mr Hepworth has asked the planning inspectorate to […]
The planning saga at Linney House takes a couple of new twists as developer appeals to planning inspectorate
The latest application for variation of conditions has been approved. Planning is often a tactical game. The property developer behind a series of applications to build houses on the garden of Linney House has asked the planning inspectorate to decide on his 2019 plans to build eight houses. That means this scheme cannot be determined […]
Flooding – Environment Agency says don’t build on the floodplain in a climate emergency but we still do
The head of the Environment Agency today made a barnstorming speech on flooding. He is making the right noises about tackling the climate emergency. That’s welcome. But he still thinks housing can be built in high risk flood areas. Sir James Bevan didn’t speak about his own agency applying the lax national planning rules in […]
Will the proposed Linney House homes flood? We can’t tell from the flood risk assessment
Earlier today, I wrote about proposals for four detached homes in the grounds of Linney House. The development is on the banks of the Corve. But the flood risk assessment is based on the Teme which is 600 metres (660 yards) downstream of the site and around two metres lower. The flood risk assessment states […]