If this is not the case, the phone box can only be removed if all of the following apply: • There is mobile phone coverage from all four main operators; • It is not in an area with a high frequency or suicides and accidents; • There have been fewer than 52 calls in the last year; and • There is no other evidence of reasonable needs, such as high frequency of calls to helplines or reliance of the s. [...] All are Listed.22 Two of the seven remaining K1 Kiosks in Newsholme Dean and the Isle of Wight from the original 6,300.23 Two competitions were therefore run in 1923 and 1924, the first by the Metropolitan Boroughs Joint Standing Committee and the second by the Royal Fine Art Commission, commissioned by the Post Office. [...] This states that: ‘Public pay telephones shall be provided to meet the reasonable needs of end-users in terms of geographical coverage, the number of telephones and the quality of public electronic communication services.’ In the UK BT is the designated ‘Universal Service Provider’ and is obligated to provide this service.48 As we have seen, Ofcom’s 2022 guidance sets out the minimum level of serv. [...] This requires the telecoms company to provide information as to ‘any 32 Box Blight matter relating to the conditions or limitations subject to which any planning permission in respect of the land has been granted.’ This can include information on the number of calls made from the phone box and advertising revenue. [...] Section 219 of the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 also gives local authorities the power to enter land to undertake any necessary works at the end of the notice period (as set out in the formal notice) and to recover the cost for doing so.
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Table of Contents
- How to banish ugly outdated and unnecessary phone boxes that needlessly clutter our streets. 1
- Foreword 2
- Alexander Jan Non-executive Chair Central District Alliance and Hatton Garden Business Improvement Districts 2
- Acknowledgements 3
- A familiar story 4
- Placemaking Officer County Council 4
- Executive Summary 5
- Recommendation one 7
- Recommendation two 7
- Recommendation three 7
- Recommendation four 7
- Recommendation five 7
- Recommendation six 7
- Chapter 1 8
- The situation nearly half of our surviving 15800 phone boxes may have box blight 8
- Chapter 2 15
- The history the rise and fall of public dignity 15
- Chapter 3 22
- The law how are phone boxes allowed in our streets 22
- Chapter 4 29
- The problem the current regulatory framework is not solving box blight 29
- Case Study Camdens box battles 29
- Chapter 5 36
- Recommendations how do we banish box blight 36
- Recommendation one 36
- Recommendation two 36
- Recommendation three 39
- Recommendation four 41
- Recommendation five 42
- Recommendation six 43
- Conclusion 44
- Appendix 45
- Distribution of Phone Boxes in the UK 45
- Create Streets 48
