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Land Opposite 79 High Street Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LF

23/01638/TELNOTTelecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 May 2023

Council decision: Telecommunication Notification LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of a 9m wooden pole

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bassingbourn
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land Opposite 79 High Street Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5LF. South Cambridgeshire has handled 163 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bassingbourn conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Bassingbourn. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

100% of telecoms applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG8 5LF
Application type
Telecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Target decision date
24 May 2023
Permission expires
23 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Openreach
Agent address
123 Judd Street LONDON WC1H 9NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bassingbourn
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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: South Cambridgeshire

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