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Allowed13 December 20233323868

27 Watling Street, Chatham, ME5 7HQ

Planning appeal 3323868 at 27 Watling Street, Chatham, ME5 7HQ (Medway Council) was allowed on 13 December 2023 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of visual amenity and public safety.

Installation of an internally illuminated 48-sheet D-Poster (digital) display to the side of the building

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
advert · Advertisement Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
Naylor R
Postcode
ME5 7HQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of visual amenity and public safety

What decided it

The Council failed to provide adequate justification for restricting daytime luminance to 600 cd/m² when the appellant's proposed 2500 cd/m² was within the Professional Lighting Guide recommendations and would not harm visual amenity or public safety in the context of a busy A2 thoroughfare with traffic calming measures.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BNE10

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