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    26

    Jan 2024

    Last Updated: 25/01/2024

    Plans to install 5G base station in Knaresborough

    by John Plummer

    | 26 Jan, 2024
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    Plans have been submitted to install a 5G electronic communications base station in Knaresborough.

    Cellnex, which provides infrastructure for broadband connectivity, has applied to upgrade Knaresborough Telephone Exchange, which it operates for mobile network providers Vodafone and Telefonica UK.

    The exchange is situated in a residential area on Park Row.

    Planning documents submitted to North Yorkshire Council in support of the application say better 5G would provide an economic boost to the area. They say:

    "The public interest of the system is clear from the considerable benefits that will flow and it makes a significant and major contribution towards sustainable objectives."


    The two-storey exchange currently has a seven-metre rooftop stub mast and ancillary equipment, which is largely screened from general view.

    The proposals seek to install new antenna support poles, which would increase the overall height of the stub mast by one metre, install antenna and ancillary radio equipment and upgrade the equipment cabinets.

    The documents say:

    "Unlike earlier generations of mobile connectivity, 5G has more significant technical and operational requirements and this has implications on the amount, height, position and design of the new base station apparatus on the rooftop of the building
    "The upgrade to an established site represents the least visually intrusive solution rather than seeking an alternative site in the area."


    North Yorkshire Council will decide whether to approve the plans.



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