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Written question asked by Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 November 2005. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Telecommunications Masts

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning permission applications have been granted for mobile phone masts in South Antrim in each of the last three years.
Answer

Details of the number of mobile phone masts granted approval in the South Antrim constituency over the last three years are set out in the following table.

Council area
Antrim Newtownabbey
2002–03 12 11
2003–04 11 4
2004–05 8 7

It should be noted that figures for 2002 also include applications made under the prior approval process. In June 2002 Permitted Development rights were removed by statute except in the case of an emergency and applications for telecommunications equipment were subject to the full planning process.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
439 c2022W;439 c2021-2W; 30141
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Aerials Applications Planning permission Mobile phones Antrim
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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