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installation of an open access Communication Hub, following the removal of an existing communication apparatus

Authority: City of Westminster Council
Appeal type: advert · Advertisement Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Owen A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Appeal A: the effect of the advertisement on the amenity of the area including the setting of the Peabody Estate: South Westminster Conservation Area, the Medway Street Conservation Area, and the Grade II listed Channel 4 Television building
Appeal B: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including the setting of the Peabody Estate: South Westminster Conservation Area, the Medway Street Conservation Area, and the Grade II listed Channel 4 Television building

What decided it

The small scale of the Communication Hub and illuminated advertisement, combined with screening from mature street trees and the compatibility of materials with the modern listed building, would not harm the character, appearance or heritage setting of the area.

Plan policies cited: Policy 42, Policy 44, Policy 45, Policy 48 part G

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