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Land At Junction Birmingham Road/Newton Road Great Barr Birmingham

PD/23/02459Prior Approval TelecommunicationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 14 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval is Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed Base Station installation to include: 1 No. 20.0m High Orion Pole on a new T9 root foundation together with 6 No. Antennas, 1 No. GPS Module, 2 No. 300mm Dishes, 2 No. Cabinets and associated ancillary works.

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Barr With Yew Tree
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land At Junction Birmingham Road/Newton Road Great Barr Birmingham. Sandwell has handled 50 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Sandwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Great Barr With Yew Tree.

100% of telecoms 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
Prior Approval Telecommunication
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2023
Consultation expiry
14 August 2023
Consultation end
11 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 August 2023
Last date for comments
14 August 2023
Target decision date
4 September 2023
Permission expires
14 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
1A Station Court Station Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 July 2023
Site notice end
14 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12289382
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
8

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)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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Source: Sandwell

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