An Area of Footpath, Merton Road, South Fields Greater London, SW18 5SW

Planning appeal 3298394 at An Area of Footpath, Merton Road, South Fields Greater London, SW18 5SW (London Borough of Wandsworth) was dismissed on 10 February 2023 by Inspector Rafferty C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the character and appearance of the area, with particular reference to the West Hill Road Conservation Area and Park Tavern, a non-designated heritage asset.

Proposed 19m 'slim line' phase 8 monopole with wraparound cabinet at base, 3no. additional ancillary equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works

Authority: London Borough of Wandsworth
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: telecoms · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Rafferty C
Postcode: SW18 5SW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the character and appearance of the area, with particular reference to the West Hill Road Conservation Area and Park Tavern, a non-designated heritage asset
the living conditions of surrounding occupiers with regard to outlook
pedestrian safety
if any harm would occur, whether this is outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed taking into account any suitable alternatives

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the conservation area and moderate harm to the significance of Park Tavern, combined with insufficient evidence that suitable alternative sites had been fully and robustly considered, outweighed the benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 114Paragraph 117Paragraph 202Paragraph 203

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

368 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 Wandsworth

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

Dismissed27 October 20266011378
First and Second Floor Maisonette, 184 Putney Bridge Road, London, SW15 2NG
Dismissed27 October 20266011258
8 Mysore Road, London, SW11 5SB
Dismissed27 October 20266010452
72 Frensham Drive, London, SW15 3EF
Allowed26 October 20266013180
23, Sutherland Grove, London, SW18 5PS
Dismissed15 October 20266014390
5 Banbury Street,, London, SW11 3EJ

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.