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Planning
Telecommunications
and mobile phone masts
Latest plans : October 2006
The mobile phone companies are required to publish their plans for new phone masts each year. Access to the schedules from the companies who have supplied information to the council is now available.
There are already many mast sites in Adur. More are expected in order to meet the continuing growth in the use of mobile phones and also the development of new technology such as 3G.
The information acts as an early warning to the council on the likely applications to come forward during the next 12 months. If you wish to make a comment prior to the application about any particular proposal please quote the reference and send Development Control an e-mail
Some of the sites on the list have already had planning permission, but are still to be erected. Any new applications the council receives will be available for people to see and comment on. Neighbours will be notified, a site notice displayed, a public notice put in the newspaper and the residents association informed if there is one.
(An interactive GIS map is coming in January 2007 that will show the sites and information about them on a map for you to browse).
Mobile Operators Association (MOA) Annual Rollout Plans 2006-2007 in the Adur District Council area :
- Telecommunications and mobile phone masts - 3 (.PDF 34kb)
- Telecommunications and mobile phone masts - O2 (.PDF 16kb)
- Telecommunications and mobile phone masts - Orange (.PDF 26kb)
- Telecommunications and mobile phone masts - T Mobile (.PDF 22kb)
- Telecommunications
and mobile phone masts - Vodafone (.PDF 23kb)
- To view a map showing
locations of telecommunications and mobile phone masts please see our interactive
GIS system (select 'I agree' then select 'Find telecommunications and mobile
phone masts using an address or postcode')
- Note : For information a ‘dummy’ cell site is the optimum cell position for maximum radio coverage for a particular search area within which a mast site will be acceptable from a technical viewpoint. Not all dummy sites will end up having a mast.
Useful external websites :
Ofcom's Sitefinder website : where mobile network operators make available information on the location and operating characteristics of individual base stations, so that people who wish to inform themselves about this can do so : Ofcom's Sitefinder website (www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk)
Information regarding telecommunications and mobile phone masts can be found on the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) website (www.communities.gov.uk) in the :
- Planning Policy Guidance Note 8 : Telecommunications (on DCLG website) (www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/ppg8)
A wide range of information about health matters realting to telecommunications and mobile phone equipment can be found on the Department of Health (DoH) website (www.dh.gov.uk) including the following :
- Mobile phones and health (on DoH website)(www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4123979)
- Mobile phone base stations and health (on DoH website) (www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4123980)
Mobile phone companies websites :
- 3 website (www.three.co.uk/company/index.omp)
- O2 website (www.o2.co.uk)
- Orange website (www.orange.co.uk)
- T Mobile website (www.t-mobile.co.uk)
- Vodafone website (http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp)
