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Ladies and gentlemen and thank you very much for attending today's meeting of the planning committee at Somerset council planning west. We have an unusual situation today in that the application that we were going to be looking at today has been withdrawn and so the only item on our agenda is that of the agenda item number five which is appeals decision. I'm going to hand over to Alison von Cooper. I'm sorry. I may want to do a poll. Okay I'll just start Stephen, apologies. Yes chair apologies from councillors Andy Hadley, Stephen Pugsley, Michael Rigby, Rosemary Wood, Will Wren and Derek Perry. Okay thank you very much. We are court so we will now go to Alison von Cooper to run through the appeal decisions for you. Thank you Alison. Thank you chair. There is only one appeal decision that we received this month. It's for the display of an internally illuminated wall mounted advertisement at 19 Bridge Street Taunton. The appeal was dismissed. As members are aware when you're considering applications for control of advertisements there are only two issues that that we can consider under the legislation. Those are on amenity and public safety. The inspector concluded on both counts that the proposal was not acceptable. In the case of amenity the conclusion was that the proposal would detract from the appearance of the street scene and have a detrimental impact on the setting of listed and locally listed buildings nearby. And in relation to public safety the conclusion was that the frequent changing of the images would present a potentially dangerous distraction for drivers in an area that requires a significant level of concentration and alertness to unexpected movements from motorists cyclists and pedestrians. Further concluded that as the content of the display cannot be controlled there is potential for images or colours to be displayed that could cause confusion as to what was happening in the traffic signal. And consequently she concluded that the displayed imagery would be likely to reduce the clarity of the signals and increase the risk of their misinterpretation and that that would result in potential for errors and additional hazards to all highway users at the junction. And so the appeal was dismissed. Thank you. Okay thank you. Members any any questions for us on appeal. Thank you Alison for your erudite explanation. In that case I will bring the meeting to a close. So thank you very much all for your attendance and I hope to have a busier committee next month. Okay thanks. Enjoy your weekend. Take care all. Bye for now. [BLANK_AUDIO]