Yealmpton Telephone Exchange Yealmbury Hill Yealmpton PL8 2JH
Approved on 20 August 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Given
Proposal
Replacement of the current 15m Monopole Structure with a new 17.5m Structure; replacement of 3no. Antennas at 16.5m; installation of 18no. RRU’s at 16.5m; the installation and removal of ancillary equipment at high and ground level
- Received
- 2 July 2026
- Council
- South Hams District Council
- Ward
- Newton & Yealmpton
- ReceivedReceived2 Jul
- ValidatedValidated2 Jul
- Consult.Consultation6 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided20 Aug
Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Yealmpton Telephone Exchange Yealmbury Hill Yealmpton PL8 2JH. South West Devon has handled 57 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than South West Devon's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Newton & Yealmpton. We hold 113 applications in total for the PL8 postcode area.
90% of all applications at South Hams District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- PL8 2JH
- Application type
- Prior Approval Telecomms
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Yealmpton
- District
- South Hams
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 August 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 July 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- PEGASUS PLANNING GROUP LIMITED
- Agent address
- First Floor, South Wing Equinox North, Great Park Road Almondsbury Bristol BS32 4QL
Vodafone Limited
Company number 01471587
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 Jan 1980 (46 years old)
- Nature of business
- Installation of industrial machinery and equipment; Other telecommunications activities
- Registered office
- Newbury
1 other planning application by this company in Thurrock.
- 26/00760/PANTC · Thurrock · Telephone Exchange Darenth Lane South Ockendon Essex
Company information from Companies House.
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Jessica Pringle
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 August 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 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.
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: South West Devon
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