# Footpath outside 1a Colman House, High Street, Penge (BT Street Hub)

- **Decision:** allowed, 3 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: David Wyborn
- **Authority:** Bromley (London)
- **Appeal reference:** 6010808
- **Application reference:** 26/00372/FPA
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** BT Street Hub replacing phone kiosk, with two digital advertisement panels (Appeal A 6010808 planning; Appeal B 6010810 advertisement)
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** DM6
- **Development plan policies:** London Plan 2021 D8, Bromley Local Plan 2019 Policies 37, 102
- **Main issues:** character and appearance
- **Tags:** tier-2, street-hub, telecoms, advertisement, parties-consulted-on-2026-framework

## Summary
BT Street Hub replacing a phone kiosk on Penge High Street, outside the CA. Both the planning and advertisement appeals were allowed: "would not add unacceptable street clutter to the public realm" (DL ¶14). The only express 2026 code applied was DM6, used to strike out a CCTV and off-site kiosk-removal condition (DL ¶19).

## What made the difference
It was a like-for-like replacement of an existing kiosk in a busy, commercial, lit high street. Contrast PINS-6010617, where the hub was placed between a regular line of street trees next to an existing ad unit.

## Policy findings
- **DP3: pass.** replaces tired kiosk on busy commercial high street; no unacceptable clutter even with hub 20m away (DL 8-14)
- **DM6: fail.** Council's condition requiring integrated CCTV and removal of an off-site kiosk not reasonable or necessary — "would not meet with the requirements of Policy DM6" (DL 18-19)

## Key facts
- Hub replaces an existing phone kiosk on the same footing; footway width marginally increased
- Parties consulted on the revised Framework (DL 6)

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/cb9b3fdf-03bf-4941-9e3f-44aae02ab13c
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010808

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