Area of Footpath, St Nicholas Close Street Works, St Nicholas Close, Kings Lynn, PE30 1QW

5G telecoms installation: H3G 15m street pole and additional equipment cabinets

Authority: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: telecoms · Change of use
Inspector: Dyer I

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the significance of the St Nicholas Conservation Area
The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the significance of the Chapel of St Nicholas, a Grade I listed building
The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the significance of True's Yard and Smokehouse, which are both Grade II listed buildings

What decided it

The public benefits of providing network coverage do not outweigh the less than substantial harm to heritage assets because the appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence that alternative sites, particularly one on the opposite side of North Street, would not be equally or more suitable.

Framework references: 118, 121, 135, 205, 206, 208

Plan policies cited: King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council Core Strategy (2011)

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.