Pavement Outside 58 Kingsway, London , WC2B 6EP

Planning appeal 3291844 at Pavement Outside 58 Kingsway, London , WC2B 6EP (London Borough of Camden) was dismissed on 16 January 2023 by Inspector Sutton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposals on the character or appearance and visual amenity of the area, having regard to the Kingsway Conservation Area and the settings of nearby listed buildings.

one of 15 sites across the Borough for which we seek planning permission and advertisement consent to replace the current enclosed telephone kiosk with an open access Communication Hub as illustrated in the attached document JCD 4

Authority: London Borough of Camden
Appeal type: advert · Advertisement Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Sutton A
Postcode: WC2B 6EP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposals on the character or appearance and visual amenity of the area, having regard to the Kingsway Conservation Area and the settings of nearby listed buildings
The effect of the proposals on highway safety and pedestrian flows in the area
Whether the proposal would increase opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour in the area

What decided it

The visual harm to the conservation area and listed building settings caused by the incongruous digital advertising panel, combined with the highway safety risks from driver distraction at a busy junction, outweighed the modest public benefits of the communication hub.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy D1Policy D2Policy D4Policy G1Policy A1Policy C6Policy T1Policy C5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 118Paragraph 197Paragraph 200

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

At least 846 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Camden

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023

Allowed12 October 20266007435
Footpath Adjacent, 2 Castlehaven Road, London, NW1 8QU
Allowed12 October 20266007299
Camden Road, Outside No.'s 84 - 92, London, NW1 9DY
Dismissed10 September 20266010353
Footpath Outside 3 Millbrook Place, London, NW1 2JA
Dismissed10 September 20266010352
Footpath Outside 3 Millbrook Place, London, NW1 2JA
Dismissed10 September 20266007600
Footpath Outside 9 - 17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.