Telecommunication Mast Hampton Court Estate Summer Road Thames Ditton KT7 0QP Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1481 - Prior Notification Telecom Approved

Proposal

Telecommunications Notification: Intent to remove existing 3No. antennas and replace with proposed 3No. antennas (top of proposed antennas 17.5m AGL).Removal of existing 3No. antennas and replace with Proposed 3No. ERSs. Existing equipment within equipment cabinet to be refreshed internally. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2026
✓
Approved
22 Jun 2026

Approved on 22 Jun 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
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
Scheduled monument about 215 m away: Hampton Court Palace; Flood defence about 13 m from the postcode pin (embankment, designed for a 1 in 200 year flood); Registered park or garden about 215 m away: Hampton Court; SSSI about 459 m away: Bushy Park and Home Park SSSI; Conservation area about 95 m away: East Molesey Kent Town; Air quality management area about 88 m away: Hampton Court AQMA.
Not affected
Not green belt

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
Elmbridge
Application type
Prior Notification Telecom
Postcode
KT7 0QP
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Thames Ditton Ward
Decision
Notification - Assessment Confirmed
Decision date
22 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 5 days from validation, 22 days faster than Elmbridge's median of 27 for prior approvals. Approved, as 81% of prior approvals here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
191decided in the last year

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

Elmbridge
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#247 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Elmbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #277 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #281 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #195 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #178 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
195 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,358
Total decisions
314 refused in the year to March 2026