®Planning appeal decision
Halifax Road Street Works, Halifax Road, Rochdale, OL12 9EN
a 5G telecoms installation: H3G 17m street pole and additional equipment cabinets
- Authority
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hughes L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on protected trees
- if any harm is identified, whether this would be outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed taking into account any suitable alternatives
What decided it
The appellant did not demonstrate that potentially less harmful siting alternatives had been fully assessed, and therefore the significant harm to character and appearance caused by the monopole's prominence and potential impact on protected trees was not outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed.
Framework references: 115, 117, 118, 126, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy P1, Policy P3, 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.