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Search the Public Notice PortalA Nelson amateur radio operator has submitted an application to the council to install a telescopic mast at the back of his house.
Foundations Architecture Limited has submitted the application on behalf of the applicant to consolidate several existing aerials and minimise the visual impact of the amateur radio antennae when it is not in operation.
Over the last 15 years, the applicant has installed several masts and aerials at the property, but concerns have recently been raised by a neighbouring resident.
A planning statement said: “The applicant, who is a member of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), holds an Amateur Radio Licence and requires varying aerials to participate in his hobby.
“Objections have been raised by a new resident regarding the applicant's existing aerials and this application has been drafted to consolidate the aerials and provide one mast which will be parked in a low position and raised to an operational height when in use.
“This telescopic mast will be located at the rear of the property and will replace the fixed one which is located on the front elevation.
"This sort of proposal is a common solution, recommended by the RSGB, and a proven way of balancing the needs of the radio operator's hobby and those of neighbours while minimising visual impact."
The site is a part of a terraced development of 12 houses, and the mast is to be a square section hand-operated telescopic mast up to 6m high in the operating position and 3m in the parked position.
It will be used to support a radio antenna, which will have less chance of interference at the greater height.
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A planning statement added: “Looking to accepted solutions to address these issues in the Borough and wider area by reference to permitted schemes and appeal decisions the proposal has been made to use a telescopic mast so that any impact, that there may be, occurs only when the mast is in operation.
“By locating the mast at the rear of the property the aerial is removed from sight from immediate neighbours minimising public view when not in use.
“The sort of communications that the applicant is involved with relates to long distance communication which relies on bouncing radio waves off of the ionosphere. This sort of communication favours night time conditions.
“That is not to say that day time operation will not take place, just that night time is where much of the operation time is spent on many amateur radio bands.”
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