Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed2 October 20266010199

Grass Verge at Ferrers Close, Coventry, CV4 9RA

Planning appeal 6010199 at Grass Verge at Ferrers Close, Coventry, CV4 9RA (Coventry) was dismissed on 2 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the character and appearance of the area.

the proposed installation of a telecommunications base station comprising a 20m monopole supporting 9 no. antennas and 2 no. dishes with wraparound cabinet at the base, together with 6 no. ground based equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto

Authority
Coventry
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
telecoms
Postcode
CV4 9RA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed installation on the character and appearance of the area
  • Whether any harm would be outweighed by the need for the installation to be sited as proposed, taking into account any suitable alternatives

What decided it

The unacceptable harm to character and appearance arising from the height, prominence and cumulative urbanising presence of the equipment, combined with the failure to demonstrate with clear and persuasive evidence that a potentially less harmful alternative site (D20) had been properly discounted.

The need for the installation to be sited as proposed, taking into account the availability of realistic alternatives, did not outweigh the unacceptable harm to character and appearance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy C2Policy DE1Policy GE2Policy CO1

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

48 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 Coventry

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

  1. Allowed16 December 20256000727
    Hd Storage Solutions Limited, Unit 2, Herald Way, Coventry, CV3 2NY
  2. Allowed28 October 20243340635
    Jardine Crescent , Land Off Jobs Lane , Coventry, Coventry, CV4 9DB
  3. Dismissed15 October 20243346365
    Grass Verge on Eastern Side of Attoxhall Road, Coventry, CV2 5BF
  4. Dismissed6 July 20233308322
    Coventry University, The Hub, 4 Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5QT
  5. Allowed5 May 20233312733
    Torrington Avenue Street Works, Coventry, CV4 9HL

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.