Planning appeal decision
3 Ratcliffe Road, Loughborough, LE11 1LF
Planning appeal 3292639 at 3 Ratcliffe Road, Loughborough, LE11 1LF (Charnwood Borough Council) was allowed on 13 October 2022 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the visual amenity of the area.
the upgrade of an existing 48 sheet advert to support a digital poster
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
- Postcode
- LE11 1LF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the visual amenity of the area
What decided it
The imposition of conditions controlling illumination levels, preventing moving images, and requiring instantaneous display transitions would ensure the digital poster would not have a harmful effect on visual amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS2EV/1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 136
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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