Planning appeal decision
Tyseley Depot, Warwick Road, Birmingham, B11 2HJ
Planning appeal 3355878 at Tyseley Depot, Warwick Road, Birmingham, B11 2HJ (Birmingham City Council) was allowed on 4 April 2025 by Inspector Harding C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition restricting advertisement illumination to 300cd/m² is reasonable in the interests of amenity and public safety.
Installation of a digital advertising screen (D-poster)
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- advert · Advertisement Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- advertisement · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Harding C
- Postcode
- B11 2HJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition restricting advertisement illumination to 300cd/m² is reasonable in the interests of amenity and public safety
What decided it
The absence of substantive evidence that daytime illumination up to 5,000cd/m² would be unacceptably harmful to amenity or public safety, combined with the valid principle that advertisement luminance must vary with ambient lighting conditions to remain visible.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM7
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.
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