Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed22 August 20253365824

Pavement Outside No. 43 Head Street, Colchester, CO1 1NH

Planning appeal 3365824 at Pavement Outside No. 43 Head Street, Colchester, CO1 1NH (Colchester Borough Council) was allowed on 22 August 2025 by Inspector Fleming L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including its effect on heritage assets and highway safety.

installation of 1No. BT Street Hub and associated display of advertisement panels on either side of the unit

Authority
Colchester Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
telecoms · Other minor developments
Inspector
Fleming L
Postcode
CO1 1NH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including its effect on heritage assets and highway safety

What decided it

The proposal would be smaller than the existing kiosks it replaces and would not conflict with the traditional architectural character of the heritage assets or harm pedestrian safety.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP7Policy DM15Policy DM16Policy DM20Policy DM21

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

126 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 Colchester City Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed18 May 20266004415
    Land at Ballast Quay Farm, Ballast Quay Road, Wivenhoe, CO7 9JT
  2. Dismissed21 August 20253365818
    Pavement Outside No. 28 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1DB
  3. Dismissed20 September 20243334145
    Pavement Opposite 72 Culver Street East, Colchester, CO1 1LF
  4. Dismissed25 May 20233304077
    Hawthorne Avenue, Greenstead, Colchester, CO4 3JE
  5. Dismissed23 December 20223288047
    London Road, Colchester, CO3 8RF

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.