Footpath outside Domino’s, 8 Matmer House, Hull Road, York, YO10 3JW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Appeal A: the effect of the proposed development on highway and public safety, with particular regard to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists using the footway and nearby cycle route
• Appeal B: the effect of the advertisements on public safety

What decided it

The proposed structure would introduce a large, fixed object at a sensitive point on the footpath where cyclist and pedestrian movements may conflict, creating an unacceptable effect on highway and public safety that cannot be outweighed by the claimed public benefits.

the public benefits of the development (removal of payphones, emergency messaging, air quality and CO2 sensors, street lighting, emergency contact access, phone charging and Wi-Fi) did not outweigh the harm to highway and public safety