Further to the answer to question S1W-32874 by Des McNulty on 29 January 2003, how many telephone mast applications by mobile phone operato…

Tables 1 and 2 show information on planning applications for radio telecommunications infrastructure, including ground based masts, additional antennas, roof based masts and equipment housing. The figures show for each planning authority the number of planning applications received during the period, the numbers granted permission, the numbers refused permission, the numbers refused permission on grounds relating to health and safety and the average time taken to determine planning applications. The figures for upheld appeals are taken from the Scottish Executive’s records.
Completion of the returns by planning authorities is voluntary, and there are therefore gaps in the returns. It should also be noted that where the number of grants/refusals of permission are higher than the number of applications received during the year this is due to the carrying over of applications from previous periods. Similarly, appeal decisions may relate to applications from an earlier period.
Telecommunications Data 2002

| Applications Made
| Granted
| Refused
| Granted on Appeal
| Refused on Health & Safety Grounds
| Average time taken to determine (days)

Aberdeen City*
| 40
| 31
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 82

Aberdeenshire
| 22
| 26
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 74

Angus
| 16
| 14
| 1
|
-
| 0
| 69

Argyll and Bute
| 41
| 28
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 57

Clackmannanshire*
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
-
| 1
| 63

Dumfries & Galloway
| 23
| 27
| 1
|
-
| 0
| 78

Dundee City
| 19
| 12
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 76

East Ayrshire
| 18
| 13
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 115

East Dunbartonshire
| 28
| 21
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 79

East Lothian
| 24
| 17
| 3
|
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