RP15. TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MASTS)
& SATELLITE DISHES
(updated:
April 3, 2006
)
See also the index to the Countryside Planning bibliography and in particular:-
OFL = Ordered for Library -
please check University Library catalogue for latest availability:
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* indicates more useful and/or up to date references
Anon, 2000, 'Clear Horizons: Mobile Telephony and the Environmental Intrusiveness of Base Stations', May, available via the Place website at http:/www.artensions.com/place
Askew, Janet, 2004, 'Mast location debate rages', Planning 1580, 30.7.04, p15
Baker, Chris, 2005, 'Inexorable
march of mobile phones pressures planners', Planning 1630, 29.7.05,
pp15-16
Baker, Chris, 2005, 'Sector aims to lower impact', Planning 1630,
29.7.05, p19
Barraclough, David, 2001, 'Telecommunications proposals fail to address health implications' (RTPI comments on consultation paper), Planning 1405, 9.2.01.
Bell, Graeme, 2000, 'Double standards of mast objectors', Planning 1395, 17.11.00.
Bracewell-Milnes, Barry, 2001, 'Is mast a must? How to fight off intruders', ?, tel. (01825) 723398, ISBN 1 85776 587 7.
Campaign for Planning Sanity,
2002, 'The Freiburger Appeal' (a statement of concern by medical
professionals),
http://www.mastsanity.org/Documents/Freiburger.htm
- Campaign for Planning Sanity, http://www.planningsanity.co.uk
Campaign to Protect Rural England
(CPRE) (former Council for the Protection of Rural England),
128 Southwark St, London SE1 0SW,
tel. (020) 7981 2800, fax. (020) 7981 2899, email: info@cpre.org
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'Campaigners' Guide to Telecommunications Development',
July 2004.
'Telecommunications Development', September 2004.
Centre for Rural Economy (University of Newcastle), 1997, 'Avoiding Exclusion: The Challenge of Shaping the Information Society in the Rural North',
Clark, Michael, 2000, 'Teleworking in the Countryside: Home-based working in the information society', Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire. ISBN 0 7546 1061 6.
Conservative Party, 2000, 'Mobile phone masts: a common sense approach', Conservative Party, London.
Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) (former) - see 'Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
Council for the Protection
of Rural England (CPRE),
- website: http://www.cpre.org.uk
'Telecommunications Development - Blots across the landscape',
A CPRE Briefing, 1996.
'Briefing Paper on Telecommunications', 1998.
Countryside Commission (merged
with the Rural Development Commission on 1 April 1999 to form
the
Countryside Agency) publications available from Countryside Agency
Postal Sales, Wetherby:
'Countryside Planning Statements: Telecommunications', CCP 452,
1996.
'Telecommunications planning statement', CCP 517, 1997. (free)
Deloitte for the Mobile Operators'
Association:
'How the industry deals with planning for new masts', (?exact
title), (first report, 2003.
'How the industry deals with planning for new masts' (second report),
January 2005.
Department for Education and Employment, 2001, 'Information to school and local authorities regarding mobile phones, base stations and schools', March, at http://www.dfee.gov.uk/a-z/mobilephones
Department for Transport, Local
Government and the Regions (DTLR) (June 2001-_
- website: http://www.dtlr.gov.uk
'Planning Policy Guidance Note 8:
Telecommunications (HTML version)', 2001, http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/ppg/ppg8/index.htm
Department of Health:
'Government response to the Stewart Group report' (Independent
Expert Group on Mobile Phones), May 2000, and at http://www.doh.gov.uk/mobile.html
'Mobile Phones and Health', December
2000, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=701&heading=Email+Alert
'Government Response to the Report
from the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (Stewart Group)',
October 2002,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=12598&heading=e-mail+alert
Department of the Environment (DOE) (former), London, (1970-1997):
'Planning Policy Guidance Note 8, 'Telecommunications', HMSO,
London, 1992.
'Telecommunications Prior Approval Procedures', 1996.
*Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DENI), 2000, 'Consultation paper on Telecommunications by Telecommunications Code System Operators', free from DENI, Belfast, tel. (028) 9054 0111, November.
Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions (DETR) (1997-2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department
for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
'Househoulders planning guide for the installation of satellite
TV dishes', DETR Publications Dispatch Centre, London SE99 6TT,
Summer 1998.
'Telecommunications and Development Control (Consultation Paper),
DETR Free Publications, Wetherby, July 1998 and at http://www.detr.gov.uk
Circular 4/99: Planning for Telecommunications' (supplements guidance
in PPG8), TSO, June 1999 (The Amendment Order is accompanied by
a Regulatory Impact Assessment, available from Development Control
Policy Division, DETR, 4/J3, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London
SW1E 5DY)
'Regulations - Telecommunications Controls', Draft statutory instrument,
TSO, tel. (0345) 023474, September 1999.
'Telecommunications Mast Development Consultation with draft revision
of PPG8 (31 October 2000)', tel. (0870) 1226 236, August 2000,
http://www.planning.detr.gov.uk/consult/tmd/index.htm
'Mobile Phone Masts: The Government's Response to the Tenth
Report by the Trade and Industry Committee', July 2001,
http://www.planning.dtlr.gov.uk/grticmpm/index.htm
DOE / DETR Good Practice Guides (GPG-):
GPG05. 'Telecommunications Prior Approval Procedures' (as
applied to mast/tower devleopment).
NB: DETR replaced from June 2001 to May 2002 by the Department
for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR)
Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI), London
- website: http://www.dti.gov.uk
'Code of Practice for the Consideration of Requests for the Siting
of Telecommunications Equipment on Government Occupied Premises',
February 2004, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=18622&heading=e-mail+alert
'Mobile Phones, Health and the Environment', January 2005,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/singleLink.asp?linkid=4454&heading=e%2dmail%20alert
Dewar, David, 2001, 'A turn for the better' (interview with Michael Dolan, of the mobile telecoms advisory service group of the Federation of the Electronics Industry (FEI), Planning 1434, 31.8.01, p14
Donati, Marino, 2003, 'Secrets of the base station' (visual impact), Planning 1525, 27.6.03, p14
Doody, Lean, 2003, 'Broadband to the rescue of regeneration', Planning 1526, 4.7.03, p14
Early, Catherine, 2004, 'Operators contest controls', Planning 1580, 30.7.04, p18
Federation of the Electronics Industry, 2001, 'Developing Mobile Phone Networks: 10 Commitments to Best Siting Practice', Federation of the Electronics Industry, London.
Ford, Richard, 2001, 'Planning for a New Telecommunications Network in the UK', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, September
Fyson, Anthony, 2000, 'Mobile
phone control issues won't go away' (discussion of the (former)
DETR Consultation Paper on Telecommunication Mast Development),
Planning 1384, 1.9.00.
Fyson, Anthony, 2000, 'Authorities united on telecoms masts issue',
Planning 1394, 10.11.00.
Fyson, Anthony, 2003, 'Consultation on rule revisions for satellite
dishes', Planning 1526, 4.7.03, p10
Gallimore, Michael, 1998, 'A new approach for special site masts', (on proposed new Government guidance), Planning 1297, 4.12.98.
Gillman, Susanne, 2005, 'Findings impress need for telecom regulation' (need for urgent attention to planning policy over mobile phone masts), Planning 1603, 21.1.05, p9
Greer, Nick, 2001, 'Mobile Communications and Development Control - Improving Public Consultation', Town and Country Planning Summer School, University of Exeter, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.com/main_site/planningpapers.html
Hardell, Lennart, 2005, 'Risks of telecommunication masts in rural and urban areas' (?exact title), Occupational and Environmental Medicine, ?May
Harrison, Alan, 1990, 'Planning, satellites and moving pictures', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, June, pp399-402.
Hill, Graeme, 1997, 'It's good to mask telephone masts', Planning 1206, 21.2.97.
Holmes, David, 2001, 'The balance between feared and real risks' (health risk from telecommunications masts), Planning 1412, 30.3.01, p22.
House of Commons:
'Mobile Phones and Health', Third Report, Session 1998-99, HC
489-1, TSO, London, 1999.
'Mobile Phone Masts', Tenth Report, Session 2000-2001, HC330,
TSO, London, 2001.
*Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phone Technology (National Radiological Protection Board), 2000, 'The Stewart Report: Mobile Phones and Health', May, at http://www.iegroup.org.uk
Johnston, Bryan, 2000, 'Health concerns require authoritative guidance', (discussion of the report from the International Expert Group on Mobile Phone Technology), Planning 1377, 14.7.00.
Johnston, Bryan, 2001, 'Mobile firms act on message' (rising public concern about base stations), Planning 1432, 17.8.01, pp12-13.
Joyce, Phil, 1998, 'Infrastructure
focus: March of the mast. Local authorities only have limited
powers over the siting of telecom masts ... the present system
and its main drawbacks', Planning 1257, 27.2.98, pp17, 19
Joyce, Philip, 2000, 'Health fears influence mobile mast verdicts',
Planning 1356, 18.2.00.
Kemp, Ray, 2003, 'Perceived risk as a material consideration: the case of telecoms developments', Journal of Environment and Planning Law, January, pp13-23.
Lloyd M.G., Peel D., Roberts P.M.,
Riley J., 2004, 'An Evaluation of Revised Planning Controls over
Telecommunications Development', ?
Lloyd M.G., Peel D., 2004, 'An Evaluation of Revised Planning
Controls over Telecommunications Development: Research Findings
183/2004', ?
Lloyd M.G., Peel D., 2004, 'Planning controls over telecommunications
development in Scotland', Planning Practice and Research 19 (3),
August, p345, http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=NDHWJ39VQX4HVFPX
Marvin, Simon, 1993, 'Telecommunications and the environment: a review', Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Newcastle,
Meller, Heather, 1998, 'Hidden masts stake out the countryside', Planning 1280, 14.8.98.
Mobile Operators' Association (MOA), London,
tel. (020) 7331 2015:
'Implementation of the Top Ten Commitments to Best Siting Practice', January
2005.
'Addressing the Needs of Planners', (MORI survey) July 2005, http://www.mobilemastinfo.com/planning/MORI_addressing_the_needs_of_planners..
'Planners' attitudes to information
on future developments provided by mobile phone operators' (?exact title), April
2006.
Morris, Huw, 2002, 'Profession faces up to modern enigma', (planners and base station applications), Planning 1482, 16.8.02, pp14-15.
National Assembly for Wales,
Cardiff:
Technical Advice Notes (Wales)
'Technical Advice Note
(Wales) TAN (W) 18: Telecommunications', 1998.
Other publications:
'Telecommunications Mast Development by Telecommunications Code
System Operators', NAW consultation paper, available from Peter
Roberts, tel. (029) 2082 3479, November 2000.
National Radiological Protection
Board (NRPB),
- website: http://www.nrpb.org
'The impact on health of mobile phone masts' (?exact title), July.2000.
'Mobile Phones and Health 2004', January 2005, http://www.nrpb.org/publications/documents_of_nrpb/abstracts/absd15-5.htm
Newstead, Richard, 1994, 'Towering
Triumphs', (on PPG8), Planning Week, 27.10.94, pp10-11.
Newstead, Richard, 1998, 'Infrastructure focus: The calls keep
coming. Councils face further pressure for new mast installations',
Planning 1257, 27.2.98, p19
Northern Ireland Planning Service
(formerly the Northern Ireland Office Planning Service)
Planning Policy Statements:
PPS10. Telecommunications.
(issued for consultation)
Development Control Advice Notes (DCAN) available from
Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8GB:
DCAN14. Telecommunications Prior Approval Procedures.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (took over
responsibility for planning and housing from the DTLR in May 2002)
- website: http://www.odpm.gov.uk
'Code of Best Practice on Mobile Phone Network
Development', ODPM Free Publications, tel. (0870) 1226 236, November 2002,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=12943&heading=e-mail+alert
'Satellite Dishes and Other Antennas: Consultation on possible changes to
planning regulations', April 2003,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=14864&heading=e-mail+alert
'Government Response to the Publication of the Mobile Group's Report', July
2004,
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=20730&heading=e-mail+alert
'Permitted Development Rights for Antennas: Circular 10/05', November 2005.
Parliamentary Group on Mobile Phone Masts, 2004, 'Mobile Phone Masts: Planning
for the Future', July, and at http://www.PlanningResource.co.uk
'Mobile Phone Network Development: Code of Best Practice', March 2006, http://www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1144926
Pearson, Euan, 2002, 'Councils pick up costs of tougher regulations' (in Scotland), Planning 1456, 15.2.01, p11
Peel, Deborah, 2003, 'Regulating Telecommunications Masts', Paper presented to the Planning Summer School, Bangor, September, http://www.planningsummerschool.org/papers/year2003/
Pritchard, Bob, 2006, 'Communication breakdown
- mobile phone masts and planning', Town and Country Planning, January 75 (1),
p28
Pritchard, Stephen, 1996, 'Conservationists rail against the 'superhighway'
(PPG8 and telecoms masts), 3 (15), 5.1.96.
Roberts, Peter, 2001, 'Planning for telecommunications - different signals' (differences in different countries of the UK), Town and Country Planning 70 (9), September, p254-255
Roebuck, Sandra & Sargent, Nigel, 1992, 'Confused signals: telecommunications and planning', The Planner, 3.4.92, pp7-9.
Rowley, Thomas & Porterfield, Shirley, 1993, 'Can telecommunications help rural areas overcome obstalces to development?', Rural Development Perspective, May, pp2-6.
Rural Development Commission
(RDC) (former)
(since 1.4.99 merged with the Countryside Commission to form the
Countryside Agency)
'Telecommunications development
in Rural England', (Research Report 28 by the Economics and Transport
Planning Group), RDR28, 1997. The Countryside Agency Sales, Northampton.
ISBN 1 869964 54 3 (Oversize HE8094.T4)
Shamash, Saleem, 1991, 'The telecommunications tightrope', Estates Gazette, 13.4.91, p76.
Spurgeon, Simon, 2001, 'Good to talk?' (planning and the siting of mobile phone masts), Town and Country Planning 70 (10), October, pp275-276.
The Conservative Party, 2004, 'You Decide Where They Will Go?', The Conservative Party, London, August, and at http://www.PlanningResource.co.uk
The Scottish Executive, Edinburgh,
tel. (0131) 244 7066
- website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
'Draft NPPG1 (Revised): Proposed Changes to Telecommunications
Developments', November 2000.
'Draft Statutory Instrument on Radio Telecommunications', November
2000.
'National Planning Policy Guidance (NPPG)19: Radio Telecommunications',
TSE Planning Division, tel. (0131) 244 7066, July 2001.
'Planning Advice Note 62: Radio Telecommunications', TSE, tel.
(0131) 244 7543, September 2001.
'Satellite Dishes and Other Antennas', April 2004, and at http://www.PlanningResource.co.uk
The Scottish Parliament, 2000,
'Report on Inquiry into the Proposals to Introduce New Planning
Procedures for Telecommunicaitons Developments', Transport and
Environment Committee, Third Report, The Scottish Parliament,
Edinburgh.
Ungerer, H., 1998, 'Telecommunications in Europe', Commission
of the European Communities, Brussels.
Walton, William, 2002, 'Out of
sight, out of mind?', (the concealment of mobile phone antennae),
Town and County Planning 71 (12), December, pp300-301
Walton, Willaim, 2002, 'The changing regulation of mobile-phone
mast development in a devolved United Kingdom', Environment and
Planning B: Planning and Design 29: pp687-705.
Welsh Assembly Government, Mobile Operators' Association & the Welsh Local Government Association, 2003, 'Code of Best Practice on Mobile Network Development', and at http://www.planning.haynet.com
Wood, Mark, 2001, 'The vexed problem of telephone mast fears' (debate over health concerns and government guidelines on telecommunicaitons installations), Planning 1430, 3.8.01, p20.
Yarwood, Justine, 2003, 'Struggle to earn public trust', (public reactions to telecommunication proposals), Planning 1525, 27.6.03, p16