Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed15 June 20266004252

O/S M&S Food, 85 Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JD

Planning appeal 6004252 at O/S M&S Food, 85 Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JD (New Forest) was dismissed on 15 June 2026 by Inspector R Cahalane, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed street hub on the character and appearance/visual amenity of the area.

the installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones

Authority
New Forest
Appeal type
advert · Commercial advertisement
Procedure
Written
Development
utilities-energy
Inspector
R Cahalane
Postcode
BH25 6JD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed street hub on the character and appearance/visual amenity of the area
  • the effects on highway/public safety

What decided it

The proposed illumination levels of the digital displays would be excessive in the town centre context and would cause unacceptable driver distraction and highway safety harm near a busy pedestrian crossing.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ENV3 of Local Plan Part 1Policy NM4 of New Milton Neighbourhood PlanPolicy STR1 of Local Plan Part 1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 6Paragraph 9Paragraph 10Paragraph 12

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

72 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 New Forest

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed15 June 20266004249
    Pavement O/S M&S Food, 85 Station Road, New Milton, BH25 6JD
  2. Dismissed15 June 20266004226
    Pavement Of 30-38 Old Milton Road, New Milton, BH25 6DX
  3. Allowed18 January 20233299170
    Jewson Ltd, Common Road, Whiteparish, Salisbury, SP5 2QW
  4. Allowed28 October 20266009379
    Springbourne Farm, Rockbourne, SP6 3NS
  5. Dismissed22 October 20266013067
    66 Northfield Road, Ringwood, BH24 1LX

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.