this is the only application ive found in my area

there is another cabinet the other side of the estate, but not sure if that was already there

this cabinet does seem to be for our estate, built around 6 years ago


im not sure which one im connected to, hope its this one!

ive only found this out by my own perserverance, BT have been completely unhelpful in getting any meaningful information about when or if we will have FTTC

yes thats the one showing in the application

this is the one the other side of the estate

http://goo.gl/maps/RBov

but it looks like it was there before the estate built

I've had a look at the files and it is unbelievable that it has been refused.

It will have no more impact than the existing cabinet, it it on the grass so will not obstruct the footpath, and why is that a conservation area? Does not look that great to me!


I also note that the application was made on 25 August and the detrermination letter was not until 28 Novemeber - 3 months which is outside teh timescale a council should work to.

It is a pity that BT did not say, "Time is up, we are starting work NOW"!

The highways department claim it was to be on the footway - the annotated pictures demonstrate it would not be ... and email to [email protected] asking for an explanation of his department's inability to look at the picture and make a correct decision might be useful.

Edited by MHC (Thu 05-Jul-12 19:40:14)

there is a park opposite, MOD owned

and a new army barracks adjacent

probably something to do with that

yeah i cant believe it was refused either

i moved from a home with 100Mb cable last year to here where im lucky to get 4Mb

desperate to get faster again

hope more information tomorrow

See my edited reply ...

gotta love councils......

I'm not one for support council's red tape, but in this case the issue is with the poor drawing from openreach's agent, and that they show it on "the wrong" location on that diagram. If they re-submit with the FTTC cab in the obviously correct place it surly stands a better chance.

The council only raised the issue of proxiity to trees, the highways agency objected to the location, mostly based on the poor diagram.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I'm not one for support council's red tape, but in this case the issue is with the poor drawing from openreach's agent, and that they show it on "the wrong" location on that diagram. If they re-submit with the FTTC cab in the obviously correct place it surly stands a better chance.

The council only raised the issue of proxiity to trees, the highways agency objected to the location, mostly based on the poor diagram.

The OS extract specifically states "Not To Scale" so should only be used as a guide to the general location and when compared to the photographs, is actually inaccurate

The precise location is shown on a separate document (several times) and that makes it totally clear that it will be on the grass and not the footpath. It was total laziness on the department in that they obviously did not read the full document set and only commented at the last minute and after the consultation closing date.

update:

got nowhere with local councillor. he spoke with case officer last night, crux of it is "its up to you as a resident to get BT to come back"

thanks councillor......

got nowhere with the highways agency guy.....

case officer not answered phone for 2 days now....

possible good news. now managed to speak with the guy responsible for conservation areas for the engineering co. hes gonna speak with BT and find out what their plans are now, and get back to me

hopefully i can get them to resubmit a planning application.

all in all, what a joke.....