Decision details

Purpose of Report: BT are proposing to remove 26no. public payphones across the York area. The process for this includes a public consultation which includes, and is partly administered by, the relevant local authority. The purpose of this report is to consider each request individually reporting any local consultation responses received with a view to the Local Authority making a formal response to each application.

The Executive Member is asked to consider whether the Local Authority object or not to the removal of individual payphones.

Resolved: (i) To follow the recommendations to object or not object on each individual payphone as listed in Annex A, other than for the following application where it has been resolved to object;

16/02145/TCNOT – Outside Ryedale Court, The Village, Haxby.

       (ii)  If the local Consultation has identified a desire from the relevant Parish Council or other body to adopt a PCB (Public Call Box) for other uses, that BT be notified of this desire to adopt.

 (iii)If new objections are received during the 2^nd stage of the notification/consultation process to the removal of a PCB (Public Call Box) where the resolution was for there to be No objections, the Assistant Director of Planning and Public Protection be delegated to formally object to B.T in order to comply with the agreed timescale of the formal consultation process.

(iv) That these new objections then be considered by the Executive Member for Transport and Planning at the next available Executive Member Decision Session.

Reason: To comply with Ofcom procedural and timescale guidelines on such applications.