Land at Corner of Ring Road and Millshaw, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 8EH

replacement of existing advertisement billboards

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector: Spataru A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the visual amenity of the area

What decided it

The size, design, elevated position and illumination of the proposed advertisements would create a substantially greater visual impact than existing signage and would harmfully increase visual clutter in the area, contrary to development plan policies protecting visual amenity.

Plan policies cited: Policy P10 of the Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective Review 2019), Policy GP5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006), Policy BD5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)

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