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139-142 Hurst Street Birmingham B5 6SD

2023/04657/PATelecomms License AdvisoryApproved

Approved on 1 August 2023

Council decision: Seen & Noted by Authority

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Telecoms Licence Application for the installation of 4G small cell radio base station mounted to existing street light column and associated ancillary works

Received
7 July 2023
Ward
Bordesley & Highgate
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at 139-142 Hurst Street Birmingham B5 6SD. Birmingham has handled 777 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Birmingham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Bordesley & Highgate. We hold 312 applications in total for the B5 postcode area.

87% of telecoms applications at Birmingham City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
B5 6SD
Application type
Telecomms License Advisory
Scale / size
Small
District
Ladywood

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2023
Application expires
4 August 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
18 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: City Wide Hmo
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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