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BBC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Street shopping centre to be demolished for retirement flats
Plans to turn a shopping centre into a retirement community have been allowed on appeal.A planning inspector approved proposals for Crispin Centre in Street, Somerset, after a six-day appeal hearing, following a rejection from county councillors in July Living can now demolish the shopping centre, built in 1979, and construct a retirement complex in its place, with 45 apartments and 11 retirement Council had objected for reasons including a lack of parking, an unattractive design and possible damage to a historic mural at the centre featuring unusual buildings of the county. Churchill Living said the development was "in a sustainable location" and would deliver "tangible benefits" to the local permission was granted subject to a number of conditions, namely, that construction should begin no later than three years after the decision and the home should be for over-55s only. Churchill developed the Riverain Lodge retirement apartments in Taunton town centre. It secured planning permission in 2024 to deliver a similar development on a former police station site in Wells.A spokesman for Churchill Living said it was "frustrating" the application had to be decided at appeal despite "overwhelming community support" for the added it was "good news" for people living in and around Street as people moving into retirement housing will "unlock second-hand, family-sized homes" for others. "Retirement housing in town centre settings are shown to bring about increased footfall and expenditure in local shops and businesses," they added.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Dorset village development given go-ahead by inspector
Up to 120 new homes can be built in a village after a planning inspector gave them the homes and a new development for Marnhull, Dorset, including a food store with a cafe, offices and two flats, were given permission following an inquiry in shop complex will be built on land west of Church Hill, and the homes, which got outline permission, can be built on land off Butts Close and Schoolhouse Paul Crocker won a second appeal to build in Marnhull in less than a year, having won a first to build 67 homes there in July. Planning inspector Jonathan Bore said the schemes will "provide much needed housing, including affordable housing" and that they will bring "exceptionally important" benefits to the village. He approved the most recent plans following an inquiry held between 8 April and 17 April and a site visit. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
16-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Dog care training field must 'cease' after planning appeal loss
A dog day care business in Jersey has been given nine months to "cease the use of its field for a canine training facility" after losing an appeal for retrospective planning 2024 the Barkley Club submitted plans for a new building and car park, and for a dog care and training centre near La Rue des Buttes, St Martin, but permission was planning inspector identified the loss of high-quality agricultural land and the potential for noise generated by barking dogs as two principle public support and two appeals, Constable Mike Jackson upheld the refusals for both the construction and the change of use to the field to the south of St Martin's Village. 'Nine-month compliance' Planning authorities said: "While the inspector acknowledged that the facility is professionally managed and meets a demand for dog care services, he concluded that these benefits did not outweigh the clear policy conflicts. "The site is identified as good quality agricultural land the loss of which could only be justified in exceptional circumstances under the policies set out in the Island Plan."It added: "The appeal against the refusal of retrospective planning permission to change the use of the field for a dog care and training centre has also been dismissed, and the enforcement notice upheld but with a revised nine-month compliance period."
