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Radio Masts Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon

26/00256/TEL28Telecommunication Apparatus 28 Day Det.Approved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Comments Sent

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Removal and replacement of 3 TEF antennas with 9 TEF antennas, the replacement of 3 existing RRUs with 15 RRUs, and associated equipment upgrades, all within the existing ground-based telecommunications mast site. There will be no increase in the overall height of the installation, which will remain at 30.4 metres, and all works will be contained within the established operational footprint of the site.

Received
28 January 2026
Ward
Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Radio Masts Gaydon Test Centre Banbury Road Gaydon. Stratford on Avon has handled 196 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Stratford on Avon'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 58 applications across Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne.

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

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Application details

Application type
Telecommunication Apparatus 28 Day Det.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gaydon

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 February 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Consultation end
3 February 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026
Application expires
3 February 2026
Permission expires
24 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
WHP Telecoms Ltd
Applicant company

WHP Telecoms Limited

Company number 03601208

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
21 Jul 1998 (28 years old)
Nature of business
Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications; Wireless telecommunications activities; Other engineering activities
Registered office
Warrington

13 other planning applications by this company in Eastbourne, Kings Lynn, Wandsworth and 6 more councils.

  • 3151/26/COM · South West Devon · Hilltown Farm (Communications Station) Narratons Road Okehampton EX20 1SL
  • PA2026/0732 · Wandsworth · Roof Top Communication Station 4919 At 243, Nimrod Road, London
  • PA2026/0489/TELPD · Wandsworth · Telecommunication station ctil 140266 on roof top at 1 to 34, Potterne Close, London, SW19 6RX
  • 26/02720/TEL · Cherwell · Manor Farm Twyford Road Adderbury OX17 3JL
  • 260518 · Eastbourne · Telecommunications Mast Prince William Parade Eastbourne East Sussex
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Gaydon Inn, Banbury Road, Gaydon, CV35 0HARegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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: Stratford on Avon

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