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Consultation on Changes to Permitted Development Rights for Electronic Communications Infrastructure

Meeting: 02/06/2021 - Planning Applications Committee (Item 5)

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Minutes:

Further to Minute 63 of the meeting held on 9 October 2019, when the Committee had considered a report on a consultation being carried out by the government on the principle of changes to permitted development rights linked to electronic communications infrastructure, the Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on a further round of consultation on the technical details of the implementation of the changes.  The consultation questions were appended to the report. 

The proposed changes increased the rights of operators to develop infrastructure, both with and without prior approval, and were intended to support the expansion of 5G.  The report summarised the proposed changes, explained that officers were working through the detailed proposals within the consultation to enable the Council to respond before the consultation deadline of 14 June 2021 and sought delegated authority to agree a response.

A copy of a letter from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about mobile connectivity and 5G infrastructure in relation to planning was tabled at the meeting.

Resolved

(1)      That the consultation on changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure report be noted;

(2)      That, subject to (3) below, the Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Chair of the Planning Applications Committee and the Lead Councillor for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, be authorised to agree the final representations on the consultation;

(3)      That the Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services circulate a copy of the draft response to all members of the Planning Applications Committee in week beginning 7 June 2021, asking for their comments, to be sent back by return to officers, the Chair of the Planning Applications Committee and the Lead Councillor for Strategic Environment, Planning and Transport, in order for the final response to be signed off by 11 June 2021.