STREET RECORD Westborough Scarborough North Yorkshire

1. 1.The proposed BT Street Hub would introduce visual clutter and unrelated advertising into a prominent location on Westborough, which is positioned just outside of the 'Primary Shopping Area' boundary as identified in the Local Plan Maps. Westborough acts the main thoroughfare cutting through the shopping area - and can be described as the High Street, connecting Scarborough Train Station to the town centre. The installation of such a modern feature, with large (75-inch) illuminated advertisement boards on either side would result in a visually prominent and incongruous feature being formed in the area. The poor siting of the proposed Street Hub in the otherwise open pedestrian footway is considered to have a harmful impact on the visual amenity, character and appearance of the area, adding street clutter which does not reflect the local environment and detrimentally impacts on the visual amenity, character and appearance of the surrounding area, contrary to Local Plan Policies DEC1: Principles of Good Design, INF6: Telecommunications Development and paragraph 141 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The siting is also within the Scarborough Conservation Area and lies within the setting of numerous listed buildings. The proposed development, which would Decision No SCAZF25/01327/FL introduce a modern and incongruous feature in the street scene, would detrimentally affect the designated heritage assets - most pertinently the Mecca Bingo Hall (Grade-II Listed) to the North-East of the site, but also on the general setting, character and appearance of Westborough which contains a high concentration of designated heritage assets. The harm would be less than substantial which has not been outweighed by the limited public benefits cited, and therefore conflicts with Local Plan Policy DEC5: The Historic and Built Environment and paragraphs 212-215 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
2. 2.The proposed development seeks to introduce a Street Hub, which includes features that have the clear intention of social interaction, such as free call facilities which would result in noise output through these calls. The hubs would operate 24 hours a day with little restriction as to who can use the facilities, and at what times, unless constant supervision of the facilities would take place. There are residential properties in the nearby vicinity to the site, which would be impacted by noise and general disturbance from the hubs. The proposed development is considered to be contrary to Local Plan Policy DEC4: Protection of Amenity in that the existing and future residents are not protected from adverse amenity impacts, and the proposal would potentially give rise to unacceptable amenity impacts in terms of noise and general disturbance.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Full permission

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Scarborough

Date validated

7 October 2025

Consultation expiry

18 December 2025

Consultation end

15 December 2025

Last date for comments

18 December 2025

Target decision date

2 December 2025

Agent

Telent

Agent address

Telent Rutland House 5 Allen Road Livingston EH54 6TQ

Statutory period

56 days

Last advertised

4 December 2025

Advertisement expiry

1 January 2025

Site notice start

27 November 2025

Site notice end

18 December 2025

Appeal reference

26/00030/NREFPP

Appeal status

Appeal lodged

Planning Portal ID

PP-14342459

Documents

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