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British Telecom Telephone Exchange Charles Street Petersfield Hampshire GU32 3EH

SDNP/26/01012/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The replacement of 3no existing antennas with 6no new antennas, the installation of 1no GPS module and 1no cabinet, the refreshment of 1no existing cabinet, and ancillary development thereto

Received
12 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
South Downs
Ward
Petersfield St Peter's Ward
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at British Telecom Telephone Exchange Charles Street Petersfield Hampshire GU32 3EH. South Downs has handled 5,093 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than South Downs's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Petersfield St Peter's Ward. We hold 2,576 applications in total for the GU32 postcode area.

88% of full applications at South Downs were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU32 3EH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Petersfield Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026
Permission expires
21 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms
Agent address
Building 8 Unit 6 Carryduff Business Park Comber Road Carryduff BT8 8AN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14765554
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National park: South Downs
  • Brownfield land register: BT Exchange, Corner of Charles Street and Swan Street, PetersfieldRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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 Downs

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