Policy information sourced from Three Rivers Development Management Policies DPD

DM14 Telecommunications

Proposals for the installation of telecommunications equipment should:

  • Have no significant adverse effect on the external appearance of the building on which, or space in which, they are located
  • Preserve or enhance the special character and appearance of all heritage assets
  • Fully explore the possibility of sharing facilities, such as masts, cabinet boxes and satellite dishes, and erecting antennae on existing buildings or other structures
  • Fully explore technologies to miniaturise and camouflage any telecommunications apparatus
  • Not impede free and safe flow of highway users
  • Be appropriately designed, coloured and landscaped to take account of their setting; and
  • Have no significant adverse impact on the visual amenities of neighbouring occupiers.

For more information please see the Three Rivers Development Management Policies DPD