Telecommunications Mast 91655 Windmill Hill Water Tower Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire
Approved on 31 October 2023
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retain existing antennas, installation of 300mm cable tray on concrete base, 1.25m x 1.25m freestanding frame to accommodate ancillary equipment and works within existing cabin
- Received
- 13 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
- ReceivedReceived13 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Jul
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 140 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Telecommunications Mast 91655 Windmill Hill Water Tower Highbury Road Hitchin Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
Application details
- Application type
- Electronic Communications
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 11 July 2023
- Decision issued
- 1 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 1 November 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hitchin
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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: North Hertfordshire
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