Planning application
Communication Station, West Of Billingham Railway Station Leeholme Road Billingham TS23 3TA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Prior approval application for the replacement of an existing 17.5m monopole with a 22.5m monopole, including associated antennas, equipment, cabinets, compound works, and ancillary development.
As published by the council, reference 26/1549/TEL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1549/TEL
- Type
- Telecommunications Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Billingham East
- Parish
- Billingham Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- TS23 3TA
Comment by 24 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Stockton-on-Tees's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Stockton-on-Tees register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/1883/TEL Granted
Communication Station West Of Billingham Railway Station Leeholme Road Billingham TS23 3TA
Prior approval application for the installation of a replacement 22.5m mast supporting 6no antennas, 3no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment within an extended fenced site compound to include the removal of the existing 17.5m mast, 3no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2026
Received by Stockton-on-Tees
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2 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Stockton-on-Tees took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Beacon Communication Services Ltd Agent, registered in Tavistock
Active · incorporated 2001 · Tavistock
7 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Stockton-on-Tees for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Stockton-on-Tees decided telecoms applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About telecoms applications
Telecoms applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, usually as prior approval cases where the council considers siting and appearance only. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Communication Station West Of Billingham Railway Station Leeholme Road Billingham TS23 3TA
Prior approval application for the installation of a replacement 22.5m mast supporting 6no antennas, 3no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment within an extended fenced site compound to include the removal of the existing 17.5m mast, 3no cabinets and associated ancillary equipment.
Granted Telecoms 13 docs -
Purvis Building Leeholme Road Billingham Stockton-On-Tees TS23 3TA
96% historically approved · decision due ~27 Oct
Erection of single storey side extension to existing outbuilding.
Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 18 docsSmall domestic -
200 Pentland Avenue Billingham Stockton-on-Tees TS23 2RD
Erection of single storey rear extension
Granted Full applications Extension 5 docsSmall domestic -
51 Lincoln Crescent Billingham TS23 4BH
Erection of a two storey side extension (demolition of single detached garage and single storey rear extension).
Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 9 docsSmall domestic -
149 Pentland Avenue Billingham Stockton-On-Tees TS23 2RF
Erection of single storey side extension
Granted Full applications Extension 11 docsSmall domestic
Other telecoms applications
In Stockton-on-Tees
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26/1484/TNOT Granted
Land Adjacent To 1 Marquis Grove Norton
Notice under regulation 5 of electronic communications code regulations for the installation of 1no 10 metre medium wooden pole.
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26/1483/TNOT Granted
Land Adjacent To 49 Green's Lane Stockton-on-Tees
Notice under regulation 5 of electronic communications code regulations for the installation of 1no 10 metre light wooden pole.
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26/1261/TEL Granted
Communication Station Seal Sands Road Seal Sands TS2 1UB
Prior approval application for the removal of 15m high monopole, 3no antennas, 1no equipment cabinets. Installation of 17.5m high monopole with 6no antennas, 2no 300mm transmission dish, 2no equipment cabinets and ancillary development there to including 15no remote radio units (RRUs).
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26/1575/TNOT Awaiting decision
Land Adjacent To Barker & Co Church Road Stockton-on-tees
Notice under regulation 5 of electronic communications code regulations for the installation of 1No. 9 metre medium wooden pole.
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26/1565/TNOT Awaiting decision
Land Adjacent To 7 Tanya Gardens Stockton-on-tees
Notice under regulation 5 of electronic communications code regulations for the installation of 1no 17 metre light wooden pole.