®Planning appeal decision
Area of Grass Verge, Adjacent to Gloucester Road, At the junction between Gloucester Road and Kingsway, Middleton, Manchester, M24 1HT
the installation of a new 16m 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 development on the character and appearance of the area, and if any harm would occur, whether this would be outweighed by the need for the development to be sited as proposed having regard to the potential availability of alternative sites
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the siting and appearance of the monopole, which would stand out as an incongruous and dominant feature in the verdant grassed area, was not outweighed by the need for the development given the lack of adequate evidence that alternative sites had been properly investigated and discounted.
Framework references: 115, 117, 130
Plan policies cited: CS Policy P1, CS Policy P3, CS Policy DM1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.