- Decision
- dismissed, 10 September 2026
- Decided by
- Planning Inspector: David Troy
- Authority
- Camden (London)
- Appeal reference
- 6007598
- Application reference
- 2025/5852/P
- Procedure
- written representations
- Development
- BT Street Hub replacing a telephone kiosk, with double-sided digital advertisement panels (Appeal A; linked advert Appeal B 6007600)
- Site context
- inside settlement, listed building setting
- Green Belt
- No
- Framework applied
- August 2026 NPPF
- Determinative policies
- HE6(4), CO1
- Development plan policies
- Camden Local Plan 2017 D1, D2, D4, G1, A1, C5, C6, T1
- Main issues
- character and heritage; pedestrian safety; community safety
Summary
A companion decision to PINS-6007360 by the same inspector. A BT Street Hub outside the listed Forum theatre in Kentish Town was dismissed for harm to the open footway, the theatre's setting and pedestrian movement (DL 9-22).
What made the difference
Here the harm arose from introducing clutter into an open, well-spaced footway (DL 8-9).
Policy findings
Policy codes are those of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) unless a development plan is named.
| Policy | Finding | Weight | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE6(4) | fail | lower-level harm to setting of Grade II Forum theatre; church setting preserved (DL 11-13) | |
| CO1 | benefit | substantial | substantial weight but modest benefits (DL 14-15) |
| TR4 | fail | obstruction on the pedestrian desire line outside the theatre (DL 18-22) |
Key facts
- Uncluttered, open footway, unlike the Chalk Farm Road site (DL 8-9)
- Parties consulted on the 2026 Framework (DL 4)
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Sources
This note is one of the decisions behind the NPPF 2026 Navigator, which shows how each Framework test has been applied across all the decisions in the database. Also available as Markdown.