"A planning inspector has been urged to overturn a council's refusal to allow a large digital advertising sign overlooking a West Yorkshire motorway. An application for a 21ft x 8ft (6.5m x 2.5m) billboard to be fitted onto the side of a building by the M606 in Bradford was rejected by the district council earlier this summer. Planning officers said it was "wholly inappropriate" to fit an advertisement that was likely to "cause a distraction" for drivers."
"Under the proposal, the sign would have been attached to a commercial property on Commondale Way, which runs parallel with the M606. In his appeal, Mr Singh said: "I believe there has been no concerns over incidents occurred due to these boards. "The examples I have attached are much larger boards in size compared to the one which we are proposing and they are also located on motorways which I believe have a higher volume of traffic compared to the M606.""
A planning inspector has been urged to overturn a council's refusal to permit a large digital advertising sign overlooking the M606 motorway in Bradford. The proposal sought to attach a 21ft x 8ft (6.5m x 2.5m) billboard to the side of a commercial building on Commondale Way, which runs parallel to the motorway. Bradford council rejected the application earlier this summer, with planning officers calling the advertisement "wholly inappropriate" and likely to "cause a distraction" for drivers. Applicant Surjit Singh has appealed, arguing there have been no incident concerns and citing larger motorway boards as comparisons. A decision is pending.
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