Footpath Outside 89 High Street, Watford, WD17 2DQ

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

Authority: Watford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector: Bowyer J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and the effect of the proposal on the safety and convenience of pedestrians, cyclists and other highway users
Appeal B: the effect of the proposal on visual amenity and the effect of the proposal on public safety in respect of pedestrians, cyclists and other highway users

What decided it

The proposal would assimilate sympathetically with the existing commercial character of the town centre, would not cause harm to character, appearance or visual amenity, and would not result in unacceptable harm to public safety or pedestrian convenience.

Plan policies cited: Policy QD6.2, Policy QD6.4

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