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installation of an open access communication hub following the removal of existing communication apparatus without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 24/04516/FULL, dated 19 December 2024

Authority: City of Westminster Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Jones H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the disputed conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12 are necessary and reasonable having particular regard to the character and appearance of the area, highway safety and the potential for the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

What decided it

Conditions controlling advertisements should not be imposed on planning permission when advertisement consent already provides all necessary control, and a temporary permission condition cannot be justified without clear evidence that circumstances will change in a particular way.

Plan policies cited: Policy 19, Policy 24, Policy 25, Policy 33, Policy 38, Policy 39, Policy 40, Policy 43

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