New World Payphones Kiosks, Outside 5 Corn Market, Halifax, Calderdale, HX1 1RL

the replacement of existing double telephone kiosk with new telephone kiosk which includes integrated digital advertising display

Authority: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: telecoms · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Worthington E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposals on visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area, including whether they would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Halifax Town Centre Conservation Area, and whether they would preserve the settings of nearby listed buildings

What decided it

The visual harm to the conservation area and the settings of nearby listed buildings caused by the incongruous modern design of the kiosk and illuminated advertisement display outweighed the limited public benefits of upgraded telecommunications infrastructure.

Framework references: 81, 92, 114, 115, 197, 199, 200, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy BE15, Policy BE18, Policy BE1

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