Environment & Economic Regeneration Policy & Scrutiny Panel Briefing Paper

Report of: Head of Planning Health and Environment Date: 23 November 2005 Open Item

UPDATE ON MOBILE PHONE MASTS

1. Summary

1.1 This briefing note is to inform Members of the latest rollout plans of the five mobile phone operators –‘3’, O², T-Mobile, Vodafone and Orange, as published in October 2005.

2. Background

2.1 At its meeting on 21 July 2005 Officers were requested to provide information and a plan outlining the rollout information relating to the five telecommunications operators, to form part of the scrutiny exercise.

3. General Information

3.1 The submission of annual rollout plans is highlighted in the ‘Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network Development’ as one of the stages in the site selection process. Their purpose is for operators to share information with local authorities and to provide a strategic overview rather than detailed analysis and advice.

3.2 Information from the five operators has been collated and the five tables set out at point 3.5 to this Briefing Paper indicate those sites: - which are already built and operational; - which have received planning consent and are soon to be operational; - which are proposed and current full planning or notification applications are awaiting determination; - which are proposed and a planning application has been refused; - which are proposed and a planning application has been refused and has proceeded to planning appeal; - which are proposed and may or may not result in the submission of a planning or notification application;

Environment and Economic Regeneration Policy and Scrutiny Panel AGENDA ITEM 6 Page 1 of 7 3.3 Officers have been advised that all those sites under consideration by the operators which will complete their coverage over the next 12 months have been included. However it is suspected that should sites not succeed through the planning process or do not receive co-operation from site owners other alternatives may be forthcoming. The roll out plans are ongoing and do not have an official end date. They do however give information relating to which parts of the district the operators are focusing on to fulfil their coverage requirements.

3.4 In terms of the number of notification and planning applications for equipment this has increased from 13 in 2003 to 18 in 2004. At this moment in time 12 have been received in 2005. Such applications include those submissions for antennas, dishes and equipment cabinets, they are not necessarily all for telecommunication masts.

3.5 The site information below will be presented on a plan of the district at the meeting.

' 3' Annual Roll Out Spreadsheet 2005 – 2006

Area Site Name Site Address Status

1 Habberley South of Habberley South of Habberley Road Site Proposed Road

2 Foley Park Foley Park, Off Stourport Planning Granted Road, Kidderminster

3 Kidderminster Kidderminster GSC Kidderminster GSC, Site Built Waterloo Street, Kidderminster

4 Kidderminster Kidderminster Kidderminster Harriers Site Proposed Harriers Football Club Football Club, Aggborough Stadium, Hoo Road, Kidderminster

5 Kidderminster Kidderminster Burlish Camp, Site Built Kidderminster

6 Grey Green Farm Grey Green Farm, Site Proposed, Crundalls Lane, planning refused, Wribbenhall, Bewdley appeal pending

7 Stourport Stourport William Bullock Close, Site Proposed Stourport

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8 Harborough Farm Road, Planning Granted Kidderminster,

9 Stourport Bewdley Road / Bewdley Road / Steatite Site Proposed Steatite Way Way

10 Rock Pound Bank Pound Bank, Off A456, Site Proposed / Poundbank, Bewdley Current Application

O² Annual Roll Out Spreadsheet 2005 – 2006

Area Site Name Site Address Status

1 Kidderminster Kidderminster BBC Off Walternash Road East Site Built Kidderminster Worcestershire

2 Kidderminster Kidderminster Kidderminster TE Site Built Telephone Exchange Waterloo Street Kidderminster

3 Pound Bank Old Lye Farm Tenbury Road Rock Site Built Kidderminster

4 Barnet Hill Barnet Hill Severn Trent Pumping Site Built Station Barnet Hill

5 Comberton Kidderminster Golf Kidderminster Golf Club Site Built Club Spennel Valley Road Kidderminster

6 / Gaymore Farm Austcliffe, Gaymore Farm Site Built Cookley

7 Stourport Dortrend Dortrend International Site Built International Limited Riverside Business Centre Worcester Road Stourport

8 Catchems End Safari Spring Grove ,Bewdley Site Built Park

9 Hoobrook Courtney Court Courtney Court Hoo Road Proposed Site Kidderminster

10 Kidderminster Kidderminster BTC 81 Worcester Street Site Built Kidderminster

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12 Franche Land by Habberley Habberley Road, Proposed Site Road Corner Habberley,Kidderminster, Planning Refused Appeal lodged 13 Sutton Farm Flexicell Foley Park Land at Charlie Brown's Proposed Site Auto Centre Stourport Planning Refused Road Foley Park Appeal lodged Kidderminster

T Mobile Annual Roll Out Spreadsheet 2005 – 2006

Area Site Name Site Address Status

1 Stourport Stourport Workmen's Workmen's Club, Lickhill Planning Granted Club Road, Stourport

2 Bewdley West Midlands Safari West Midlands Safari & Site Built Park Leisure Park, Spring Grove, Bewdley

3 Bewdley Cleobury Road SW Hales Park, Cleobury Site Built Road, Nr Kidderminster, Bewdley

4 Blakedown Harborough Farm Harborough Farm, Site Built Birmingham Road, Blakedown, Kidderminster

5 Kidderminster Coniston House Coniston House, Site Built Grasmere Close, Hurcott Road, Kidderminster

6 Burlish Top BBC Kidderminster BBC Kidderminster Site Built Transmitting Stn, Burlish Park, Stourport-On- Severn

7 Kidderminster Courtney Block Courtney Block, St Cecilia Site Built Close, Kidderminster

8 Solcum Hill Fort Solcum Hill Fort, Moat Site Built Court Farm, Blakeshall, Kidderminster

9 Chaddesley Tagg Farm Barn Tagg Farm, Lodge Ford Site Built Corbett Hill, , Kidderminster

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Area Site Name Site Address Status

1 Stourport Sandy Lane Stourport-On-Severn, Planning Granted Industrial Estate Worcester

2 Kidderminster TA Centre B.Worcestershire And Site Proposed Sherwood Foresters Co, Off Tabbs Gardens, Greenhill, Kidderminster

3 Kidderminster Kidderminster Golf Spennels Valley Road, Planning Granted Club Kidderminster

4 Stourport Stourport Severn Worcester Road, Planning Granted Trent Water Stourport On Severn

5 Kidderminster Worcester Road Worcester Road., Site Proposed Streetworks Kidderminster Planning refused

6 Catchems end Rhydd Covert Scout Land Off A456 Site Proposed Camp (Kidderminster Road), Planning Refused Kidderminster Appeal Pending

7 Franche Wolverley Road Verge Off Wolverley Site Proposed Street Works Road, Franche, Planning Refused Kidderminster Appeal Dismissed

8 Birchen coppice Kidderminster Cti Transmitting Station Site Built Birchen Coppice, Kidderminster

9 Kidderminster Kidderminster 8 High Street, Site Built Kidderminster, Kidderminster

10 Kidderminster Kidderminster Bull 10 / 12 Bull Ring, Site Built Ring Kidderminster

11 Kidderminster Luke Grant Solicitors 55 Oxford Street, Site Built Kidderminster

12 Kidderminster Bt Kidderminster Gsc Waterloo Street, Site Built Kidderminster

13 Kidderminster Land At Charlie Off Stourport Road, Site Built Brown Autocentre Kidderminster

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14 Blakedown Harborough Farm, Birmingham Road, Site Built Blakedown

15 Kidderminster Champney House St Cecilia Close, Site Built Kidderminster

16 Bewdley Hillcroft Caravan Cleobury Road, Bewdley Site Built Park

17 Blakedown Wolverley & Cookley Blakedown The Cedars, Site Built Lane, Ismere, Kidderminster

Orange Annual Roll Out Spreadsheet 2005 – 2006

Area Site Name Site Address Site Status 1 Blakedown Bissell Wood Bissell Wood, Upper Operational Site Dunclent Farm, Blakedown

2 Bewdley Bark Hill 60 The Racks, Bark Hill, Operational Site Bewdley

3 Birchen Coppice BBC Kidderminster BBC Tower, Birchen Operational Site Coppice, Kidderminster

4 Shatterford Land Adj Reservoir, Operational Site Upper Birch Farm, Shatterford Road, Kidderminster

5 Chaddelsey Tagg Barn Land Adj. Tagg Barn Operational Site Corbett Farm, Kidderminster Road, Chaddesley Corbett

6 Stourport Stourport Stourport Police Station, Operational Site Bewdley Road Stourport

7 Kidderminster Windermere House Grasmere Close, Operational Site Kidderminster

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8 Kidderminster Chips Away Chips Away, Hoo Farm Operational Site Industrial Estate, Worcester Road, Kidderminster

9 Kidderminster Kidderminster Bewdley Road, Operational Site Hospital Kidderminster

10 Kidderminster Exchange Kidderminster Exchange, Operational Site Kidderminster Waterloo Street, Kidderminster

11 Rock Gorst Hill Farm Gorst Hill Farm, Rock Operational Site

12 Stourport Stourport Water Mount Pleasant Hill, Operational Site Tower Bewdley Road North, Stourport

13 Stourport Stourport STW Stourport STW, Worcester Operational Site Road, Stourport

14 Stourport Frank Salt Land At Ward Road, Operational Site Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, Stourport

15 Kidderminster Arthur Drive G&L Sprosen Properties, Operational Site Arthur Drive, Hoo Farm Industrial Estate

16 Habberley Habberley Golf Club Habberley Golf Club, Operational Site Habberley Lane, Habberley, Kidderminster

17 Kidderminster Hodge Nursery Hodgehill Farm, Operational Site Birmingham Road, Kidderminster

18 Kidderminster Kidderminster F C Kidderminster Harriers, Operational Site Car Park Hoo Road, Kidderminster

19 Bewdley Kidderminster Road Kidderminster Road, Operational Site Catchems End, Bewdley, Kidderminster

20 Kidderminster Highway (Foley) Stourport Road, Planning Granted - Kidderminster Not Operational

Officer contact details:

Julia Mellor- Principal Planning Officer 01562 732517

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