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26/00049/TELE28 - Telecommunication Development (28 days) Decided

Proposal

Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). The proposal consists of the placement of an 8 Metre Light Wooden Pole near Sewage Treatment Works, Newbury Road, Great Shefford, RG17 7EF. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 11 Sept 2026, 22:07

Application progress

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Received

12 Jan 2026

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Response Issued

12 Jan 2026

Response Issued on 12 Jan 2026 · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Pole Plan Plans, Drawings · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Lambourn SAC

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

North Wessex Downs National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Special area of conservation about 18 m away: River Lambourn

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI about 18 m away: River Lambourn SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Restorable Habitat

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Flood defence about 17 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground); Inside the Great Shefford built-up area; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: West Berkshire
Application type: Telecommunication Development (28 days)
Received: 12 Jan 2026
Validated: 12 Jan 2026
Ward: Downlands
Parish: East Garston Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Feb 2026
Decision: Response Issued
Decision date: 12 Jan 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Openreach

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 8 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

West Berkshire

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#202 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

West Berkshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #199 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

West Berkshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #122 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #142 of 296

57%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #199 of 296

46%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #203 of 296

55%

Minor dwellings approved

65 decided (1-9 homes)

96%

Major dwellings approved

25 decided (10+ homes)

77%

Change of use approved

57 decided

1,045

Total decisions

108 refused in the year to March 2026