Planning appeal decision
Bewleys Hotel, 7 City Walk, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9AT
Planning appeal 3281124 at Bewleys Hotel, 7 City Walk, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9AT (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 28 September 2021 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed advertisement on public safety.
a 6 x 4 x 0.6 m LED display in a portrait form on the southern elevation of the Clayton Hotel, some 9.3m above ground level to the base of the advertisement
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Caines A
- Postcode
- LS11 9AT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed advertisement on public safety
- the effect of the proposed advertisement on local amenity
What decided it
The illumination and intermittent changing imagery of the LED display would distract drivers at a busy junction with multiple traffic control lights and pedestrian crossings, increasing the risk of conflict between road users and resulting in unacceptable harm to public safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GP5 of the Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Policy P10 of the Leeds City Council Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019)Policy BD8 of the Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)
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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