Telecommunication Mast 11443 Rabone Lane Smethwick
Approved on 16 April 2021
Council decision: Grant Permission Subject to ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed telecommunications upgrade: removal of existing 15m high tower to be replaced with a 25m high lattice tower and installation of 12 No. VF Antenna and 9 No. TEF Antenna, 2 No. TEF dishes, 1 No. TEF GPS Module, 1 No. VF GPS Module, 1 No. cable ladder on gantry poles, 3 No. equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works.
- Received
- 5 February 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Soho & Victoria
- Agent
- WHP Telecoms Limited
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 Apr
- TargetTarget Date4 May
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Telecommunication Mast 11443 Rabone Lane Smethwick. Sandwell has handled 2,543 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Sandwell's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Soho & Victoria.
87% of full applications at Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 March 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 7 April 2021
- Consultation end
- 5 April 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 April 2021
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 4 May 2021
- Permission expires
- 16 April 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WHP Telecoms Limited
- Agent address
- Troy Mills, Helena House Troy Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5GN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 March 2021
- Site notice end
- 5 April 2021
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Smethwick Summit Galton ValleyNext to the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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, 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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