Validation Checklist - List 5

7b Telecoms

Required for all applications including prior approvals (where required by legislation)

The following information will be required for mobile phone masts and associated equipment:
• The frequency characteristics of the emitter;
• The maximum power of the emitter (in watts);
• The orientation of the central axis of the beam, both relative to the horizontal and relative to the ground;
• The maximum power intensity (in watts per square metre) at points on the central axis of the beam, at distances of 50 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres from the emitter; and,
• The angular spreads of the surface of half-maximum intensity of the beam in the vertical and lateral directions

ICNIRP statement - All applications for prior approval of telecommunications permitted development and planning applications for telecommunications development should be accompanied by a statement that the proposal, when operational, will meet the ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) guidelines.

Policy Driver and where to get more advice:
Policy R21 of the Welwyn Hatfield District Plan, 2005.
Policy SP9 of the Draft Local Plan Proposed Submission, August 2016. National Planning Policy Framework, Section 5.