®Planning appeal decision
BT Telephone Exchange, Fairgreen Road, Baldwins Gate, ST5 5BU
installation of 15m telegraph pole style telecommunications mast, antennas, ground-based equipment cabinets and associated development
- Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Clowes M
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 and, if any harm would occur, whether that harm 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 failed to demonstrate that less harmful alternative sites were not suitable or available, and the visual harm to the character and appearance of the residential area was not outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited at the proposed location.
Framework references: 115, 117
Plan policies cited: Policy CSP1 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent Core Spatial Strategy 2006–2026 (2009), Policy T19 of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Plan 2011 (2003), Policy DC2 of the Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Maer and Aston, and Whitmore Neighbourhood Development Plan (2019)
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.