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Telecommunications Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire

23/00707/PRIORPrior Approval DeterminationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 June 2023

Council decision: Refusal Notification of Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

The installation of 16m high slim-line monopole, supporting 6 no. antennas, 2 no. equipment cabinets, 1 no. electric meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
30
Ward
St Marks
Agent
Clarke Telecom Ltd
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 35)

About this application

This is an outline application at Telecommunications Tennyson Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire. Cheltenham has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days. The site is in the The Poets conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across St Marks.

92% of outline applications at Cheltenham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 5 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Approval Determination
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
1 June 2023
Consultation start
27 April 2023
Consultation end
22 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
27 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 May 2023
Last date for comments
1 June 2023
Target decision date
22 June 2023
Permission expires
2 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Clarke Telecom Ltd
Agent address
Unit E Madison Place Northampton Road Manchester M40 5AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 May 2023
Site notice start
11 May 2023
Site notice end
1 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12074586
Documents
27
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: The Poets Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: Cheltenham

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