| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Planning application notices | |
| Posted by: | Jim Storrar | |
| Date/Time: | 11/07/20 06:00:00 |
| I would be very interested to have Adam's opinion on this mast. At first sight it appears that this revolves around the very simple matter of whether or not the proposed development would comply with Condition A.3(4)(a) of Schedule 2 Part 16 and Schedule 2 Part 16 Class A Paragraph A.1 (c)(i)(aa) of the General Permitted Development Order. What could be clearer? So far as I can make out, the site is on "unprotected land" in that it is not in a Conservation Area or is not otherwise strongly protected. It is designated as Metropolitan Open Land. The maximum height of a mast which would constitute "permitted development" in this case is, I believe, 25 metres. This cheeky little mast is just under 20 metres high. Prior approval from the local planning authority is required. Hounslow have 56 days in which to issue a decision and during this period a site notice should be displayed for at least 21 days in at least one place on or near the land to which the application relates, and there is a need for some form of local advertisement e.g. in a local newspaper At the end of the day there's not a lot (probably nothing) that Hounslow can do in this case. Last year the Government issued a consultation on "Proposed reforms to permitted development rights to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile network". I am sure that most of us made our own responses to this consultation which proposed, amongst other things, that the height of masts which would qualify as permitted development should be increased. I know that I will have got some of this wrong but I am now going to retire, with a large glass of whisky, to a darkened room. |