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Mast On Land Adjacent M20 North Of Bumblebee Barn East Street

23/01252/TENPrior Notification TelecomsApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 August 2023

Council decision: Requires PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Telecommunications Notification: For the removal of an existing 15m monopole mast and associated compound, and the installation of a replacement base station which includes a 25m sharable lattice mast, 6no. antenna and 2no. dish antenna on to 1no. new ring frames which will be attached to 1no. proposed 25m tower. Ancillary development thereto

Received
9 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downs And Mereworth
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Mast On Land Adjacent M20 North Of Bumblebee Barn East Street. Tonbridge has handled 10 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Tonbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

94% of all applications at Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Prior Notification Telecoms
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ryarsh
District
Team 2

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
12 July 2023
Consultation start
16 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
16 June 2023
Target decision date
4 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Thomas Clarkson Tower St Brunswick Business Park, Liverpool L3 4BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 June 2023
Site notice end
12 July 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12224068
UPRN
010002914096
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Tonbridge and Malling
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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