Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 34993

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

Tabled: 3 March 2025

Answered: 11 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure private telecommunications infrastructure providers are unable to install hardware without consultation with local communities.

Answer

Chris Bryant

We deprecate the installation of unnecessarily intrusive telecommunications infrastructure, especially where operators have not cooperated in sharing infrastructure or followed guidelines such as consulting communities. Planning regulations aim to strike ...

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