YPI planning application for phone mast

John Fareham and John Abbott have details of a planning application for a 20m/65ft high telecommunications mast to be erected on the YPI grounds.

At the time of going to press full details were only visible by visiting the Planning offices in Kingston House and were yet to be uploaded to the Council website. The details we have apart from that are that the mast will have two aerials, three dish antennas and three base cabinets plus ancillary equipment in a fenced-off area adjoining the YPI access road.  If you wish to pass comment one way or the other the application reference number is 12/00840/FULL, and you can write to Planning Services, Kingston House, Bond Street, Hull HU1 3ER or E-mail dev.control@hullcc.gov.uk. In either instance it would be helpful, though not strictly necessary, to have your comments in before 12 October 2012.

The planning rules on telecoms masts are slightly different. Any mast under 15m/49ft high is automatically decided on by the officers; over that height and as soon as somebody passes comment, for or against, it automatically comes to Committee.   The criteria the Committee will then use are set out in Section BE14 of the City Plan which states that “telecommunications equipment will be allowed if the apparatus is sited and designed, taking account of operational needs, to minimise its impact on amenity.