Telecoms Street Pole and Cabinet Opposite 96 Copse Hill Wimbledon

23/P1089PA - TelecommsRefused

Prior approval

Refused on 16 June 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

PRIOR APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED 5G TELECOMS INSTALLATION: H3G 15M STREET POLE AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT CABINETS.

Received: 24 April 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Merton
Ward: Village

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated11 May
Consult.Consultation3 Jun
TargetTarget Date3 Jun
DecidedDecided16 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecoms Street Pole and Cabinet Opposite 96 Copse Hill Wimbledon. Merton has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Merton's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 405 applications across Village.

91% of telecoms applications at London Borough of Merton were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: PA - Telecomms
Development type: Development monitoring information not needed
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 May 2023
Consultation expiry: 3 June 2023
Consultation start: 11 May 2023
Consultation end: 3 June 2023
Last date for comments: 7 June 2023
Target decision date: 3 June 2023
Application expires: 16 June 2023
Permission expires: 16 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 36 days

Publicity

First advertised: 18 May 2023

Additional information

Documents: 12

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (22)

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, 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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Source: Merton

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