Pavement Outsdie Woking Station, The Broadway, Working, Surrey, GU21 5AB

Planning appeal 3348726 at Pavement Outsdie Woking Station, The Broadway, Working, Surrey, GU21 5AB (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 March 2025 by Inspector Perrins N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed telephone apparatus structure on the character and appearance of the area and pedestrian amenity.

the installation of a freestanding telephone apparatus with affixed defibrillator and advert display

Authority: Woking Borough Council
Appeal type: advert · Advertisement Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector: Perrins N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed telephone apparatus structure on the character and appearance of the area and pedestrian amenity
The effect of the proposed advertisement on the visual amenity of the area

What decided it

The siting of the proposal on a narrowing section of footway would result in an unacceptable reduction in public realm space and appear as an overly dominant item of street furniture that would unacceptably detract from the character and appearance of the area and impede pedestrian movement in a busy location.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS21Policy CS24Policy CS18Policy DM17
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 216

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