{"id":396561,"date":"2026-01-08T17:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396561\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:47:08","slug":"plans-for-new-apartment-block-at-hulls-victoria-dock-turned-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/396561\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for new apartment block at Hull&#8217;s Victoria Dock turned down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>, an application had previously been approved on the site for a mixed-use residential and retail development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The applicant told the meeting that proposal was now &#8220;less viable&#8221; due to &#8220;economic circumstances affecting the viability of commercial floor space&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Diana Hatcher, who represents Drypool ward, stepped down from chairing the committee in order to object to the plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;I think the rationale for approving this from the planning department seems to be that, &#8216;OK, it&#8217;s got existing planning permission, so we&#8217;ll just push this through&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hatcher read out a letter on behalf of her ward colleague, Councillor Linda Chamber, who was unable to attend the meeting but argued the development &#8220;would completely alter the character and appearance of this area&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A planning officer&#8217;s report stated that 90 letters or emails of objection had been submitted. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillors voted unanimously to refuse the plans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, an application had previously been approved on the site for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-396561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}