Planning application
Glenfield Parish Council Land Mill Lane Glenfield LE3 8JW
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for the installation for a shareable telecommunications base station installation comprising a 25m lattice tower supporting up to 12 no antennas and up to 4 no dishes on 2 no headframes together with up to 5 no ground based cabinets, 1 no meter cabinet and ancillary development thereto including compound fencing.
As published by the council, reference 24/0298/TEL
Application record
- Reference
- 24/0298/TEL
- Type
- Telecommunications Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refusal
- Received
- 8 Apr 2024
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2024
- Decided
- 19 Sep 2024
- Ward
- Glenfield Ellis
- Parish
- Glenfield Parish Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- LE3 8JW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2024
Received by Blaby
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19 Sep 2024
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refusal
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17 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About telecoms applications
How this application type works
Telecommunications applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, most of which come forward as prior approval cases under permitted development rules. The council typically has 56 days to consider siting and appearance only. The need for the network itself is treated as established, so objections carry most weight where they address visual impact or siting.
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