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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Lower Gornal land with permission for home with sauna up for £150k
A PATCH of land in Lower Gornal with planning permission for a modern house with a sauna and steam room in the basement has gone up for sale for £150k. The land on Deepdale Lane has planning permission in place for a five-bedroom home. Four neighbours objected to the proposal, but it was given the go-ahead by Dudley Council in November 2023. The land is being marketed by Connells in Dudley. It used to be part of the garden of 54, Deepdale Lane, but has now been separated from it.


Irish Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Fresh bid for Dublin's tallest building on City Arts Centre site after High Court quashes An Bord Pleanála ruling
The company behind a plan to redevelop the site of the former City Arts Centre at City Quay is to renew its bid to build Dublin's tallest building there. Having secured planning permission from Dublin City Council just two weeks ago for a 14-storey office block, Ventaway, a company headed up by David Kennan and Winthrop engineering group founder Barry English, is aiming once again to deliver a 24-storey structure on the site. The proposal is being revived on foot of a judgment delivered by Mr Justice Richard Humphreys earlier this week in which he quashed the decision made by An Bord Pleanála in May 2024 to refuse planning permission for the scheme. In arriving at his decision, the judge found that the board was in breach of Section 172 of the 2000 Planning and Development Act by refusing permission for the scheme 'in the absence of a properly conducted environmental impact assessment (EIA) by the board with a reasoned conclusion'. READ MORE The judge also found that there was a 'complete absence of engagement' by the board in relation to the ten-page analysis of its own inspector, which highlighted the fact that the urban development and building heights guidelines for planning authorities issued by former minister for housing Eoghan Murphy in December 2018 supported the granting of permission for a taller building. According to these, local authorities may assess permissible building heights on a qualitative basis, rather than by the limitations imposed by development plans or local area plans. The former City Arts Centre as it is today Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill The Irish Times understands that following this week's court ruling, Ventaway will pursue its entitlement to submit its proposal for the 24-storey tower to the planning appeals board, which is now known An Coimisiún Pleanála, for its consideration. Should it get the go-ahead, the 24-storey tower would rise to a height of 108m (354.33ft) and comprise 22,587 sq m of office space over 23 of its floors, along with 1,404 sq m of artist studios and exhibition space distributed across the front of the building at its lower-ground, ground and first-floor levels. A computer generated aerial image of the scheme proposed for the former City Arts Centre site While the 14-storey building, for which Ventaway currently has permission, would, in contrast, be 61.05m (200ft) in height, the building would be wider, providing additional office space – 23,501 sq m compared to the 22,587 sq m in the taller scheme. The lower-rise scheme would provide less arts and cultural space, with 910 sq m being dedicated to artist studios and exhibition areas compared to the 1,404 sq m provided for in the proposed 24-storey structure.


BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Oxford United stadium proposal questioned over ancient woodland
Plans for Oxford United's new stadium have been questioned by campaigners opposed to the proposals after a nearby woodland was designated as ancient.A decision on the U's plans to construct a new purpose-built 16,000 seater ground on land known as the Triangle, near Kidlington, is expected to be made by Cherwell District Council on 31 the Friends of Stratfield Brake (FoSB) campaign group said that now "seems inconceivable" following Natural England's designation of ancient woodland near to the site.A spokesperson for Oxford United said its proposals "remain unaffected" by the designation. The club said the plans would "not cause any detrimental impact to the woodland"."Our detailed, independently commissioned studies demonstrate the area is not ancient woodland and this evidence has been submitted," it added. Natural England said its woodland specialists had "found that there has been sufficient evidence submitted to support this site as ancient woodland".It added that it would be willing to "consider further substantively different evidence" in this particular said government guidance suggested that planning permission "should be refused if it would result in the loss or deterioration of ancient woodland unless there are 'wholly exceptional reasons'".In addition, the group suggested that proposals "must have a buffer zone of at least 15 metres from the boundary of the woodland to avoid root damage". Victoria Campbell, from Kidlington, said the proposal was "likely to need a buffer zone" in excess of 15m (49ft) given the "very heavy football and significant lighting impacts that a stadium, hotel and commercial development would unavoidably entail".Ms Campbell added: "This is yet more compelling evidence that the Triangle is simply the wrong site and too small for OUFC's proposals and the club should consider other options."Cherwell District Council declined a BBC request for comment. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.


BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Dublin Airport increases night time flights
Dublin Airport has been granted planning permission to increase the number of night-time flights it can operate and extend the hours that it can use its second number of flights permitted at the airport as a whole has increased from an average of 65 a night to 95 between 23:00 and 07:00 local to now, flights were not allowed to take off or land on the second runway, known as the north runway, between those hours, but they can now use the runway up to midnight and from 06: it said a "Noise Quota Scheme" would apply on the north runway, meaning that the type of aircraft that use the runway in night time hours would be limited, depending on the noise they emit. Aircraft that go over a noise limit will not be able to take off or land at its decision, An Comisiún Pleanála (Ireland's national independent planning body) said it applied a restriction of 35,672 night-time flights over a 364 day to "protect residential amenity".It said the cap would allow for airport growth while providing an essential safeguard against excessive night-time Commission also said it had decided to apply both a cap and a noise quota as it believed a quota system alone "could permit an increase in the number of night-time flights, without adequately considering the cumulative impact of increased flight volume on surrounding communities and environment".


BBC News
3 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Telford laundrette ordered to turn machines off overnight
Operators of automatic washing machines at a supermarket have been told to switch them off overnight to protect the amenity of nearby modular laundrette unit, next to the entrance of Morrisons in Lawley, Telford, was installed earlier this year, with a retrospective application at Telford and Wrekin Council said the machines should be switched off between 22:00 and 07: also gave temporary planning permission for one year for the unit, so that the effect of it could be assessed. The laundrette includes two washing machines and one drying Group International PLC, the agents for the laundrette owners, said the machines were designed to be maintenance-free, and were served by a network of more than 150 local engineers, who aimed to attend breakdowns within 24 visits were also scheduled, it told the applicants that there were flats and retail units less than 10m (32ft) away."Given the close proximity of the unit's location to neighbouring residential properties the local planning authority consider a one-year temporary consent to be appropriate, so the site can be monitored over a longer time period to ensure no significant detrimental impacts would occur," planners said."Following a period of one year, the applicant could reapply for a permanent consent, ensuring sufficient evidence is submitted to demonstrate that no significant adverse impacts have occurred and no harm would arise from the development on a permanent basis."This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.