Area of Footpath, Forest Road, Wood Street, Hale End London, E17 4FT

Planning appeal 3322863 at Area of Footpath, Forest Road, Wood Street, Hale End London, E17 4FT (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 February 2024 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on trees.

proposed 5G telecoms installation: H3G 20m street pole and additional equipment cabinets

Authority: Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: telecoms · Change of use
Inspector: Pattison B
Postcode: E17 4FT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the effect on trees
Highway safety, in particular with regard to pedestrian and cycle movement, and whether any 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 development would be visually intrusive and dominant, harmful to the character and appearance of the area, and this harm was not outweighed by the need for improved 5G coverage when weighed against the Framework's wider requirements for well-designed places.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: CS7CS15DM14DM29DM30DM35DM37
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 121Paragraph 122

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

422 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Waltham Forest London Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

Allowed7 February 20243322282
Highways Land, High Street, Leytonstone, London, E15 2AG
Dismissed26 January 20243323129
Area of Footpath, Half End Road, Hale Road, Waltham Forest
Allowed10 August 20233310635
Knotts Green, Leyton Green Road, London, E10 6DQ
Allowed3 October 20223294962
Shernhall Street, Wood Street, London, E17 3EX
Allowed20 June 20223278352
Selborne Road, Leyton, London, E17 7LT

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.