Agenda item
APPLICATION NO: 20/00918/PNTEL . GRASS VERGE SW OF RUNNING WATERS BRENTWOOD ESSEX
Minutes:
Removal of existing mast and remove/ relocate associated equipment cabinets, installation of a new 17.00m monopole supporting 6 no. antennas with a wrap around equipment cabinet at the base of the column, installation of 3 no. new equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto
The proposal related to a permitted development removal of an existing mast and remove/ relocate associated equipment cabinets as well as the installation of a new 17.00m monopole (which would be 2.3 metres higher) supporting 6 no. antennas with a wrap around equipment cabinet at the base of the column, installation of 4 no. new equipment cabinets and ancillary development thereto by a telecommunications code system operator (in this case Mobile Broadband Network Limited, i.e. EE and Three [H3G]).
The application site was located on a grass verge adjacent to the junction of Brentwood Road and Running Waters within the Metropolitan Green Belt. To the East were agricultural fields beyond a hedgerow. To the North and West was a residential area and The Pines scout camp. To the South was the Thorndon Park Conservation Area.
To be removed:
- 14.7 metre high mast
- 3no cabinets
To be repositioned:
- 1no cabinet
To be installed:
- 17 metre high monopole with wrap around cabinet and 6no antennas
- 4.no cabinets
Members were reminded that this was not a planning application as it related to a form of development that was permitted under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 16 Class A – electronic communications code operators. The prior approval of the Council was required for two issues – the siting and appearance of the development.
Cllr McCheyne MOVED and Cllr Jakobsson SECONDED that prior approval was not required for siting and appearance and following a discussion Members voted as follows:
FOR: Cllrs Bridge, Chilvers, Fryd, Haigh, Jakobsson, Keeble, Kerslake, McCheyne, Morrissey, Mynott, Tanner and Mrs Tierney (12)
AGAINST: (0)
ABSTAIN (0)
It was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that prior approval was not required for siting and appearance.
Supporting documents:
- Running Waters PNTEL committee report, item 487. PDF 294 KB
- Running Waters ANNOTATED proposed elevation, item 487. PDF 243 KB
- Running Waters existing elevation, item 487. PDF 672 KB
- Running Waters existing site plan, item 487. PDF 792 KB
- Running Waters proposed elevations, item 487. PDF 861 KB
- Running Waters proposed site plan, item 487. PDF 2 MB
- Running Waters site location plan, item 487. PDF 1 MB
- Screen Shot 2020-08-21 at 10.20.20 (2), item 487. PDF 2 MB
- Map 20 00918 PNTEL, item 487. PDF 516 KB