{"id":36283,"date":"2023-04-25T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36283"},"modified":"2023-04-24T18:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:08:33","slug":"englands-housing-secretary-has-blocked-generic-berkeley-homes-scheme-on-design-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36283","title":{"rendered":"England\u2019s Housing Secretary has blocked \u2018generic\u2019 Berkeley Homes scheme on design grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-31568\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/flats_houses_graphic_green-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/>Housing Secretary blocks \u2018generic\u2019 164 Berkeley Homes scheme in Kent refused against planning inspector\u2019s advice.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Housing Today<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The housing secretary has refused permission for a 165-home Berkeley Homes scheme in Kent despite a planning inspector recommending it be given a green light.<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley Homes had planned to build 165 homes in an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) in the Crane Valley, near Tunbridge Wells, along with car parking and landscaping.<\/p>\n<p>The homes would have been a mix of one and two bedroom apartments, and houses ranging from two to five bedrooms, in mainly two storey buildings..<\/p>\n<p>However, a decision notice issued by the government said the secretary of state disagrees that there are exceptional circumstances to justify major development in an AONB\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingtoday.co.uk\/news\/housing-secretary-blocks-generic-berkeley-homes-scheme-on-design-grounds\/5122638.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing Secretary blocks \u2018generic\u2019 164 Berkeley Homes scheme in Kent refused against planning inspector\u2019s advice. image: for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36284,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36283\/revisions\/36284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}