Question follow-through · 60114
Telecommunications: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides support to local authorities to (a) challenge and (b) regulate the installation of telegraph poles where there is strong local opposition; and whether he
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides support to local authorities to (a) challenge and (b) regulate the installation of telegraph poles where there is strong local opposition; and whether he
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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24 Jun 2025
Answer published
Permitted development rights enable telegraph poles to be deployed without case-by-case approval from the local planning authority. However, local authorities can raise complaints with Ofcom where poles are not sited consistently with the requirements set...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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