Installation of 13 telegraph poles to provide fibre optic connectivity to 1-80 Greenlands Avenue

Why Was This Refused?

• ✓Refusal on grounds of unacceptable negative visual impact on the street scene due to the poles’ height, size and scale
• ✓Poles considered visually intrusive in a sensitive residential setting
• ✓Failure to demonstrate strategic national need and inadequate justification for not pursuing alternatives
• ✓Contrary to General Policy 2b,c,g
• ✓Contrary to Infrastructure Policy 3
• ✓character
• ✓design
• ✓scale
• ✓highways
• ✓Principle for development
• ✓Necessity
• ✓Design and Siting
• ✓Visual impact
• ✓Residential amenity
• ✓Highway Services
• ✓Public Health
• ✓Trees and Hedges

The proposal was for the installation of 13 telegraph poles and associated cabling to provide fibre optic connectivity to 1–80 Greenlands Avenue, Ramsey. The area is described as a residential street with a mixture of traditional bungalows and some chalet bungalows, with properties facing onto the highway and generally set back from the pavement. The application was refused because the poles, due to their height, size and scale, were considered likely to cause an unacceptable negative visual impact on the character of the street scene, contrary to General Policy 2b,c,g. It was also refused on the grounds that the poles would be visually intrusive in a sensitive residential setting and that the application failed to demonstrate a strategic national need or to justify why alternative options had not been pursued, contrary to Infrastructure Policy 3.

The determining authority refused the application to install 13 telegraph poles for fibre optic connectivity. The decision was based on the expected negative visual impact on the character of the street scene and visual amenity in a sensitive residential area. The authority also found that the application did not demonstrate strategic national need or provide adequate justification for not pursuing alternative options, leading to non-compliance with the cited general and infrastructure policy requirements.

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