Bewleys Hotel, 7 City Walk, Holbeck, Leeds, LS11 9AT

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

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.

Plan policies cited: 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)

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