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Land Opposite The Highwayman Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QJ

DC/17/00072/TDPATelecommunications DPAApproved

Approved on 8 March 2017

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a new 12.5m streetworks column with ancillary works including three antennae and two equipment cabinets

Received
11 January 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
6
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
  1. Received11 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Opposite The Highwayman Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QJ. Gateshead has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,076 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.

92% of all applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE11 9QJ
Application type
Telecommunications DPA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2017
Last date for comments
20 February 2017
Target decision date
7 March 2017
Committee meeting
8 March 2017
Permission expires
8 March 2022

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 192Part of the site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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