Tc Base Station At (Os 7947 3607) Birtsmorton Data via plota.co.uk

M/25/02015/TC - Telecommunications Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification of proposed development by telecommunications for installation of a 25m lattice tower, 6no. antenna apertures, 2 no. 600mm microwave transmission dishes and equipment cabinets inside an 8m x 8m compound enclosed by a 1.8m high close board timber fence with a 3m wide gate and development ancillary thereto. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
9 Feb 2026

Approved on 9 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Pair of Gate Piers on Roadside Approximately 50 Metres North-East of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Grade II, about 10 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 7 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 9 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 17 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 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

Application type
Telecommunications
Received
17 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Longdon Ward
Parish
Birtsmorton CP
Case officer
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Decision
Approval
Decision date
9 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Beacon Comms

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 16 days slower than Malvern Hills's median of 38 for prior approvals. Approved, as 80% of prior approvals here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
92decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Malvern Hills in the last twelve months, from validation. Malvern Hills decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
18 Dec 2025
Comments by
2 Feb 2026
Malvern Hills
Planning Authority Score
5.5/10
Average
#120 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Malvern Hills is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #45 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Malvern Hills decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #251 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #232 of 296
79%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #45 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #121 of 296
57%
Minor dwellings approved
148 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
35 decided
744
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026