®Planning appeal decision
Pavement o/s Norcot Service Station,, 856 Oxford Road,, Reading, RG30 1EL
installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s)
- Authority
- Reading Borough Council
- Appeal type
- commercial · Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- telecoms · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Worley E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed advertisements on public safety
- The effect of the proposed advertisements on the visual amenity of the area
What decided it
The proposed advertisements would cause lasting harm to public safety due to their position, size and digitised nature in a location demanding high driver concentration near a roundabout, which outweighed the limited benefits of digital infrastructure provision and kiosk removal.
The harm to public safety from driver distraction outweighed the limited benefits of digital infrastructure and the removal of the existing telephone kiosk, resulting in dismissal despite the proposal according with visual amenity policies.
Plan policies cited: Policy TR3, Policy OU4, Policy OU3, Policy CC7, Policy CC8, Policy DM12, Policy DM22
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.