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Allowed19 July 20213271037

95-97 London Road, Preston, PR1 4BA

Planning appeal 3271037 at 95-97 London Road, Preston, PR1 4BA (Preston City Council) was allowed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed advertisement on visual amenity.

1no. internally illuminated LED digital advertisement board

Authority
Preston City Council
Appeal type
commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
Manchester S
Postcode
PR1 4BA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed advertisement on visual amenity

What decided it

The advertisement, displaying static images only with automatically controlled brightness levels, would not harm visual amenity in a mixed commercial area characterised by large-scale built form and would not be out of scale with its setting.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP Policy EN9

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