Purpose

The Council has been consulted by British Telecom (BT) on a proposal to remove a Public Payphone from within the District. The Council is able to raise objection to the removal of any of these payphones, provided such objections can be justified by reference to specified criteria and whilst having regard to the interests of telecommunication providers. It does not relate to the removal of the call box.

This report gives details of the consultation exercise that has been undertaken and provides an assessment for the payphone affected in light of the response received.

Decision

On 30 October 2023, Cllr Derek Tipp, the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economy made the following decision:

That the Council issues a decision for publication which raises no objection to the removal of the payphone identified in the assessment.
Any member of the Council, who is not a Portfolio Holder, who considers that this decision should be reviewed should give notice using the call-in facility at the top of this page on the Council’s intranet / extranet site. Alternatively, notice can be given to the Monitoring Officer (Grainne O’Rourke) (in writing or by e-mail) to be received ON OR BY 5.15 pm on the 6 November 2023.

Details of the document the Portfolio Holder considered are attached below.

Reasons for the decision

See Report

Alternative options considered

See Report