Pavement Outside 55-57 Uxbridge High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1LN

Installation of an internally illuminated freestanding double-sided digital advertisement unit - advertised space measuring 1065mm x 1895mm

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type: commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector: Scott A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the amenity of the local area

What decided it

The proposed digital advertisement unit, by virtue of its prominent freestanding location, scale, illumination and moving display, would be visually intrusive and detrimental to local amenity and the setting of the adjacent Conservation Area.

Plan policies cited: Hillingdon Local Plan Part 1 2012 Policy HE1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 1 2012 Policy BE1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 2, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 4, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 11, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 12, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 2020 Policy DMHB 13A, London Plan 2021 Policy D3, London Plan 2021 Policy D8, London Plan 2021 Policy HC1

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