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Telecommunications Mast SOL21605 Monastery Drive Olton Solihull

PL/2023/01682/PNPrior Notification (Telecommunications)Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 29 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior notification for proposed 15m 5G telecoms installation: H3G street pole and additional equipment cabinets.

Received
8 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Olton
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast SOL21605 Monastery Drive Olton Solihull. Solihull has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Solihull's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Olton.

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
Non-Civil Parish Or Community

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2023
Consultation expiry
20 September 2023
Consultation start
23 August 2023
Consultation end
20 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 September 2023
Last date for comments
20 September 2023
Target decision date
2 October 2023
Permission expires
29 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
DOT Surveying
Agent address
2 Anderson Place Edinburgh EH6 5NP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 August 2023
Site notice end
18 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12372070
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (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.

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.

Source: Solihull

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