Dundee City Council has lost another battle against the installation of what it describes as “imposing” digital street adverts. The Scottish Government has overruled the local authority after it rejected BT’s plan to replace phone boxes with two “street hubs” outside Primark.
It means the plan can now go ahead and comes after BT also won an appeal for permission to install hubs nearby on another location on the High Street. Council officers had rejected the plans after claiming the “imposing and incongruous” adverts were out of character for the popular pedestrianised zone.
But a total of six phone boxes will now be removed and four hubs, featuring 75 inch digital advertising screens, Wi-Fi, charging points, free calls and public information, will be installed. The council also objected that the illuminated adverts would add “clutter” to the area.
