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Telecommunications Mast O2 Sewage Treatment Works Friday Lane Barston Solihull

PL/2021/01740/PPFLPrior Notification (Telecommunications)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 11 August 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of existing 30m lattice tower in its entirety; installation of a replacement 30m lattice tower on a new concrete base; Installation of 12 No. new antennas, 36 No. ERS units on new headframe, 5 No. 0.3m dishes on replacement tower and ancillary equipment thereto.

Received
18 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Not Applicable
Agent
Sinclair Dalby Ltd
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.19 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast O2 Sewage Treatment Works Friday Lane Barston Solihull. Solihull has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Bickenhill.

90% of all applications at Solihull 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 Notification (Telecommunications)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Barston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2021
Consultation expiry
19 July 2021
Consultation start
21 June 2021
Consultation end
19 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
21 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2021
Last date for comments
19 July 2021
Target decision date
12 August 2021
Permission expires
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sinclair Dalby Ltd
Agent address
Suite H, KBF House 55 Victoria Road Burgess Hill RH15 9LH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 June 2021
Site notice end
14 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09940571
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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

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

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    31 May

    Non-material amendment as the existing MBNL/EE antennas were shown on the existing elevations but were…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentPL/2023/01272/NONMC
  2. 2021
    18 Jun

    Removal of existing 30m lattice tower in its entirety; installation of a replacement 30m lattice tower on a…

    This applicationApprovedTelecomsPL/2021/01740/PPFL

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