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26/00259/TCN - Telecommunications Notification Approved

Proposal

Notification under Electronic Communications Code (Reg 5) of intention to install 2 no. 9m light wooden poles (28 day notice) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

Application progress

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Received

11 Mar 2026

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Consultation

17 Mar 2026

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Approved

30 Mar 2026

Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF 28 DAY NOTIFICATION Application Form · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/Ramsar

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.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project about 182 m away: Byers Gill Solar

The site is about 182 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Darlington
Application type: Telecommunications Notification
Postcode: TS21 1EY
Received: 11 Mar 2026
Validated: 11 Mar 2026
Ward: Sadberge And Middleton St George
Parish: Bishopton Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 8 Apr 2026
Decision: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
Decision date: 30 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 19 days from validation, 8 days faster than Darlington's median of 27 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 93% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one19d

Council27d

UK55d

93%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

55decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Darlington in the last twelve months, from validation. Darlington decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 17 Mar 2026
Comments by: 31 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 8 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Darlington

Planning Authority Score

7.5/10

Good

#43 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Darlington ranks #137 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils

98% approved vs 90% nationally

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

Darlington decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #109 of 296

98%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #14 of 296

67%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #137 of 296

33%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #73 of 296

88%

Minor dwellings approved

16 decided (1-9 homes)

100%

Major dwellings approved

4 decided (10+ homes)

76%

Change of use approved

25 decided

465

Total decisions

46 refused in the year to March 2026