Planning appeal decision
Blackbrook Road, Sheffield, S10 4LP
Planning appeal 3274732 at Blackbrook Road, Sheffield, S10 4LP (Sheffield City Council) was dismissed on 17 September 2021 by Inspector Hartley D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the siting and appearance of the development upon the character and appearance of the area including whether the applicant has undertaken a suitable search of alternative sites.
a 15 metre high EE/H3G phase 8 street pole
- Authority
- Sheffield City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hartley D
- Postcode
- S10 4LP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the siting and appearance of the development upon the character and appearance of the area including whether the applicant has undertaken a suitable search of alternative sites
What decided it
The very significant harm caused by the proposal to the character and appearance of the area, as an isolated, prominent and visually intrusive form of development materially departing from the scale and order of other street apparatus, could not be outweighed by the economic and social benefits of 5G delivery.
the economic and social benefits of 5G technological innovation were outweighed by the very significant harm to the character and appearance of the area
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- GE1GE4BE14CS74
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 114Paragraph 117
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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