Policy information sourced from Mole Valley Local Plan
ENV62 - TELECOMMUNICATION MASTS
Development for telecommunications will be permitted provided that:
- a comprehensive plan for new networks has been developed with the location and type of facilities determined having regard to the need to minimise the adverse impact on the environment;
- there is an established need for the development in the location proposed;
- there are no alternative sites available for the facilities that would have significantly less environmental impact;
- any mast, and associated equipment or buildings, are of appropriate materials, colour and design to minimise obtrusiveness, and appropriate landscaping and screening are used where possible;
- there is no reasonable possibility of sharing existing facilities;
- in the case of radio antennae and masts there is no reasonable possibility of erecting antennae on an existing building or other structure; and
- the development would not adversely affect the amenities of any nearby properties.
Stringent attention will be paid to the proposed siting of all telecommunication development within Conservation Areas, the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Area of Great Landscape Value, Listed Buildings and important archaeological sites, sites which are important for nature conservation and identified in Policies ENV9, ENV10, ENV11, ENV12 and ENV13. Additionally the Council may require safeguards that in the event of the mast becoming redundant it is dismantled at the operator’s cost.
For more information please see the Local Plan