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Lamp Post No. 15 Outside 174 Westmill Road Hitchin SG5

05/00845/1TDTelecommunications DeterminationApproved

Approved on 26 July 2005

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

8m high replacement lamp post incorporating 3 telecommunications antennas; equipment cabin

Received
7 June 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Lamp Post No. 15 Outside 174 Westmill Road Hitchin SG5. North Hertfordshire has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward.

94% of all applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Telecommunications Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2005
Consultation expiry
1 July 2005
Consultation end
1 July 2005
Last date for comments
22 July 2005
Target decision date
2 August 2005

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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