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Telecommunications Mast Lower Basildon Reading

23/00936/TELE56Telecommunication Development (56 days)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 16 June 2023

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Proposed upgrade to the existing 15.0m High R&T Swann Lattice Tower. Proposed installation of 10.0m Tower extension, 1No.GPS Node and 1No. Full Height Rack. Proposed removal and replacement of existing 2No. antennas with proposed 2No. antennas and existing 1No. Cabinet with proposed 1No. cabinet. Existing headframe to be relocated onto top of tower extension. and associated ancillary works.

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Basildon
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Telecommunications Mast Lower Basildon Reading. West Berkshire has handled 138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. 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 54 applications across Basildon.

100% of telecoms applications at West Berkshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Telecommunication Development (56 days)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Basildon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2023
Consultation expiry
23 May 2023
Consultation end
23 May 2023
Last date for comments
23 May 2023
Target decision date
19 June 2023
Permission expires
16 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Susannah Help 1A Station Court Station Road Guiseley Leeds LS20 8EY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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: West Berkshire

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