®Planning appeal decision
Area of Footpath, Spring Vale, Stanycliffe, Middleton, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, M24 2HS
the installation of a new 18m monopole tower to support antennae, associated radio-equipment housing and ancillary development
- Authority
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
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 Middleton Town Centre Conservation Area and Lodge Mill, a non-designated heritage asset
- whether any harm identified would be outweighed by the need to site the installation in the location proposed, having regard to the potential availability of alternative sites
What decided it
The siting and appearance of the monopole would cause less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area and unacceptably harm the setting of Lodge Mill, and the public benefits of improved telecommunications infrastructure were insufficient to outweigh this heritage harm and the great weight that must be attached to the asset's conservation.
Framework references: 114, 115, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: CS Policy P1, CS Policy P2, CS Policy P3, CS Policy DM1
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