Portmeads Road North Side Birtley Gateshead DH3 1RY
Approved on 17 July 2023
Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Proposed 15.0m phase 8 street works monopole, 2no. equipment cabinets with associated meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto.
- Received
- 16 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Birtley
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated16 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Jun
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided17 Jul
Decided in 62 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Portmeads Road North Side Birtley Gateshead DH3 1RY. Gateshead has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Birtley. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
- DH3 1RY
- Application type
- Telecommunications DPA
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Birtley Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 20 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 26 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 17 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WHP
- Agent address
- Building 8, Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber BT88AN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 63 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Birtley CAPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 127Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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