MPA agrees mobile aerial located on police station

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10 July 2003

The Metropolitan Police Authority’s Finance Committee today approved negotiations be continued to locate a mobile telecoms aerial and associated equipment at Chiswick Police Station.

Permission has been granted for Vodafone plc, subject to contract and successful application under Town and Country planning consent, to position equipment on Chiswick Police station.

Graham Tope, Chair of the Finance Committee, said:

“The Authority is well aware of the sensitivities regarding the location of telecommunications aerials. That is why we insisted that each and every decision should be brought before the Finance Committee to satisfy ourselves that, as far as possible, the decision will not be detrimental to either the health or safety of our own staff and the broader community.

“We are satisfied that the Metropolitan Police estate can support aerial masts without any detrimental effects on local communities, but will continue to monitor all decisions taken.”

The Finance Committee agreed in January this year that the MPA estate could be used for non emergency service aerials as a means of revenue generation, subject to certain stringent criteria, to include:

• a "presumption of remoteness" test, interpreted as being away from schools, hospitals and other specific sites, such as tower blocks or similar buildings of permanent residential occupancy; and
• the specific permission of the Authority’s Finance Committee for each and every contract pursued after submission of individual and specific risk analysis.

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