# Land in front of 25 Market Place, Cannock (BT Street Hub)

- **Decision:** dismissed, 3 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: K Townend
- **Authority:** Cannock Chase (West Midlands)
- **Appeal reference:** 6010865
- **Application reference:** CH/26/070
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Global street hub with advertisements, replacing two kiosks (linked advert appeal 6010866)
- **Site context:** inside-settlement, conservation-area
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** HE6(4)
- **Development plan policies:** Cannock Chase Local Plan SO1.1, SO1.2
- **Main issues:** conservation area character, advert amenity
- **Tags:** telecoms, street-hub, transitional-no-consultation, heritage-harm-decisive, tier-2

## Summary
A street hub in Cannock Market Place Conservation Area was dismissed. It was a modern, unsympathetic addition, contrary to the appraisal's call for coordinated street furniture. Removing two kiosks and the community benefits were modest (DL ¶17-19).

## What made the difference
The conservation area appraisal's specific street-furniture strategy (DL ¶12).

## Policy findings
- **HE6(4): fail (considerable weight).** modern, unsympathetic addition contrary to the CA appraisal's coordinated blue-and-gold street furniture; benefits (kiosk removal, wifi, emergency calls) modest (DL 12-19)
- **CO1: benefit.** "support for modern communication developments set out in the Framework" noted but insufficient (DL 19)

## Key facts
- Not re-consulted: details "not substantially changed" (DL 5)
- CA appraisal identifies incremental clutter from utility cabinets and kiosks as harmful (DL 12)

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010865
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/a2d33946-c75c-4b4b-8671-cfab7a943e05

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