The Government has set out the results of its consultation on moves to streamline and change the development control regime for mobile telecommunications.
The proposed changes involve maximising the use of existing structures and buildings to minimise the need for new ground-based masts; extending existing permitted development rights and thresholds and clarifying a number of existing permitted development rights in the 1995 General Development Order.
Meanwhile, a new Code of Best Practice on Mobile Network Development in England has been published to replace the previous Code, published in 2002.
The Code provides guidance to mobile network operators, their agents and contractors, and to local planning authorities.
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