Planning permission sought for Caversham 5G mast
The owners of Three UK, CK Hutchinson Networks, have submitted a planning application for a 15-metre 5G mast on Kidmore Road in Caversham.
The plans, submitted by Dot Surveying, consist of the mast and three ancillary cabinets housing equipment.
A statement from CK Hutchinson submitted in the planning application reads: “CK Hutchison Networks (UK) Ltd is committed to providing improved network coverage and capacity, most notably in relation to 5G services.
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“The very nature of installing new 5G mast infrastructure within such an urban setting requires a highly considered balance between the need to extend practical coverage reach with that of increasing risk of visual amenity intrusion.
“In this location, existing mast sites are not capable of supporting additional equipment to extend coverage reach across the target area and prospective ‘in-fill’ mast sites are extremely limited.
“There is an acute need for a new base station to provide effective service coverage and in this case, the height of the proposed street pole is the minimum required to bring the benefits of 5G to this area.”
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