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Dismissed17 February 20233305708

Land at Bank Bottom, C/O Borough Rd, Darwen, BB3 1PL

Planning appeal 3305708 at Land at Bank Bottom, C/O Borough Rd, Darwen, BB3 1PL (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 February 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the proposed advertisement on amenity and public safety.

the erection and display of a freestanding 48-sheet sized digital LED advertising unit

Authority
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Appeal type
commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
Manchester S
Postcode
BB3 1PL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the proposed advertisement on amenity and public safety

What decided it

The advertisement would harm both amenity by being visually obtrusive and discordant in a historic conservation area and public safety by distracting highway users at a complex and busy town centre junction.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS16Policy CS17Policy 39Policy 43

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