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PA/26/0080 - Prior Approval (Telecommunications) Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for smart metering antenna at 13.45m mean mounted on 12m high pole (total height around 15m), 1 No. smart metering GPS antenna at 12m on pole, & 1No. smart metering omni antenna at 4.19m on pole, and associated metering equipment within fenced enclosure (Ref- ANW_NR139) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 2 Oct 2026, 12:28

Application progress

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Received

15 Jan 2026

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Consultation

22 Jan 2026

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Approved

11 Mar 2026

Approved on 11 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Site constraints 5

Norfolk Coast 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.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Conservation area about 3 m away: Upper Sheringham

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1619 m away: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects.

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 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: North Norfolk
Application type: Prior Approval (Telecommunications)
Postcode: NR26 8TE
Received: 15 Jan 2026
Validated: 15 Jan 2026
Ward: Sheringham South
Parish: Sheringham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 12 Mar 2026
Decision: Prior Approval not required
Decision date: 11 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: WHP

How this decision compares

Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 91% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one55d

Council55d

UK55d

52%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

82decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14621497
Planning Portal ref: PP-14621497
Consultation: 22 Jan 2026
Comments by: 16 Feb 2026
Site or press notice: 26 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 12 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Norfolk

Planning Authority Score

5.4/10

Average

#125 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Norfolk ranks #175 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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

North Norfolk decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

94%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #43 of 296

96%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #56 of 296

61%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #175 of 296

44%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #183 of 296

85%

Minor dwellings approved

113 decided (1-9 homes)

81%

Major dwellings approved

16 decided (10+ homes)

85%

Change of use approved

34 decided

906

Total decisions

56 refused in the year to March 2026