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RAF Neatishead Radio Transmitter Masts Smallburgh Road Barton Turf Norfolk NR12

PF/22/2428Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of 9no. 15m telecommunications masts, to be replaced by 1no. 40m mast with antennae attached on concrete pad; erection of single-storey control building and security fence with access gates (Part Retrospective) Proposed new Control Building with a footprint of approximately 150 square metres. Both the 40m Mast and the Control Building to be enclosed within a new inner Security Fence

Received
14 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hoveton & Tunstead
Agent
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at RAF Neatishead Radio Transmitter Masts Smallburgh Road Barton Turf Norfolk NR12. North Norfolk has handled 3,902 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than North Norfolk's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Hoveton & Tunstead.

93% of full applications at North Norfolk 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
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barton Turf & Irstead

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2022
Consultation expiry
3 February 2023
Consultation start
13 January 2023
Consultation end
3 February 2023
Last date for comments
3 February 2023
Target decision date
13 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office
Agent address
FCDO Services King Charles Street Westminster London SW1A 2AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 October 2022
Site notice start
27 October 2022
Site notice end
17 November 2022

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Ant Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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