Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed25 November 20243346063

Big Yellow Self Storage Barrow Road, Bristol, BS5 0AE

Planning appeal 3346063 at Big Yellow Self Storage Barrow Road, Bristol, BS5 0AE (Bristol City Council) was allowed on 25 November 2024 by Inspector Walker K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 this is outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed taking into account any suitable alternatives.

erection of a 25m monopole supporting 6no. antenna apertures, 2no. dishes along with ancillary development thereto

Authority
Bristol City Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
telecoms · Other minor developments
Inspector
Walker K
Postcode
BS5 0AE

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 this is outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed taking into account any suitable alternatives

What decided it

The mast would not appear incongruous or visually dominant in the context of the busy, mixed-character urban environment with existing vertical elements, and would not adversely affect the character and appearance of the area.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM36Policy BCS21

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

260 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 Bristol City Council

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

  1. Allowed3 June 20266004939
    Rooftop of Albion Dockside Estate, Hanover Place, Bristol, BS1 6UT
  2. Dismissed15 January 20263366190
    Pavement on A420 Opp Kingsmarsh Way, Lawrence Hill, Bristol, BS5 0XA
  3. Allowed30 June 20253354375
    St Clements House, Marsh Street, Bristol, BS1 4BH
  4. Dismissed5 March 20253354042
    Gill Avenue, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2ND
  5. Notice upheld16 October 20243345155
    B & M , Winterstoke Road, Bristol, BS3 2LQ

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.