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Dismissed17 September 20253370298

Boundary Wall Rear of Cains Brewery Village, Stanhope Street, Liverpool, L8 5XJ

Planning appeal 3370298 at Boundary Wall Rear of Cains Brewery Village, Stanhope Street, Liverpool, L8 5XJ (Liverpool City Council) was dismissed on 17 September 2025 by Inspector Westbrook J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the display on the visual amenity of the area around Grafton Street, Jamaica Street and Parliament Street.

the erection of a single-sided, 12m x 3m landscape LED display

Authority
Liverpool City Council
Appeal type
commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
advertisement · Other minor developments
Inspector
Westbrook J
Postcode
L8 5XJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the display on the visual amenity of the area around Grafton Street, Jamaica Street and Parliament Street
  • The effects of the display on highway safety along Parliament Street and Jamaica Street

What decided it

The proposed display would be harmful to both visual amenity through contributing to advertisement clutter and to highway safety as a distraction at a busy traffic-light controlled junction.

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