Telecommunications Mast Tinmill Place Blackhill DH8 5SP
Approved on 23 March 2020
Fast Track
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Proposal
The proposal is to remove and replace the existing 20m high monopole & headframe with a new 20m high monopole & headframe supporting 6no. antennas, 2no. 600mm dishes and GPS unit an the existing base. The installation of 12no. RRU's (ERS), the removal and replacement of the existing 1no. meter cabinet and the installation of ancillary equipment.
- Received
- 4 October 2019
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Consett North
- Agent
- Sinclair Dalby Ltd on behalf of CTIL & Telefonica UK Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Oct
- ValidatedValidated4 Oct
- Consult.Consultation20 Feb
- TargetTarget Date29 Nov
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Telecommunications Mast Tinmill Place Blackhill DH8 5SP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 171 days, 16 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DH8 5SP
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2020
- Consultation start
- 6 February 2020
- Consultation end
- 20 February 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 February 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 February 2020
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2020
- Target decision date
- 29 November 2019
- Permission expires
- 23 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Sinclair Dalby Ltd on behalf of CTIL & Telefonica UK Ltd
- Agent address
- Suite H KBF House 55 Victoria Road Burgess Hill RH15 9 LH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08199031
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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