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O2 Telecommunications Mast (10727) Snipe House Farm Snipe Lane Darlington

25/01399/TCNTelecommunications NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENTDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Notification under Electronic Communications Code (Reg 5) of intention to remove 6 no. antennas and replace with 6 no. antennas, removal of 3 no. RRUs and replace with 15 no. RRUs and associated ancillary works

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Park East
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at O2 Telecommunications Mast (10727) Snipe House Farm Snipe Lane Darlington. Darlington has handled 81 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Park East.

100% of telecoms applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Telecommunications Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation expiry
22 January 2026
Consultation start
8 January 2026
Consultation end
22 January 2026
Last date for comments
22 January 2026
Target decision date
16 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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