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Telecoms Apparatus Biggar Road Swanston Edinburgh

26/00638/PNTPrior Notification-TelecommunicationPending Decision
Prior approval

Proposal

Upgrade works to an existing ground-based telecommunications instillation, including the replacement of 6 antennas with 9, the replacement of 12 ERS Units with 15 RRUs and internal cabinet upgrades. There is no increase in the size of the compound and antenna heights will stay the same at 20.6m AGL.

Received
18 February 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Colinton/Fairmilehead
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided
6 weeks typical decision time in Edinburgh100% of telecoms applications approved

This is a telecoms application at Telecoms Apparatus Biggar Road Swanston Edinburgh. Edinburgh has handled 143 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 21 days. It was submitted on 18 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Colinton/Fairmilehead.

Application Details

Reference
26/00638/PNT
Address
Telecoms Apparatus Biggar Road Swanston Edinburgh
Local Authority
Edinburgh
Application Type
Prior Notification-Telecommunication
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Awaiting Assessment
Ward
Colinton/Fairmilehead
Parish
Fairmilehead

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
FAO: Michael Hegney 8 Carryduff Business Park Comber Road Carryduff Northern Ireland BT8 8AN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
18 February 2026
Target Decision Date
15 April 2026
Date Validated
18 February 2026
Date Submitted
18 February 2026
Last Date for Comments
11 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Coordinates
55.891766, -3.217609
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Edinburgh

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