Hi Paul

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 8th July 2024

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have received this e-mail and it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as soon as possible.

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Dear Mr Lewis

Thank you for your Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) request dated 10 June 2024, for information about 5G enabled Telephone Masts.

Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.

Request:
" As of the 31.05.2024 how many 5G enabled telephone masts are located within the DMBC area.

In respect of the above masts:-

1. How many Environmental Impact Assessments were provided before planning permission was granted.
2. How many detailed exclusion zones maps for non-compliant areas were produced by the mast operators prior to planning permission.
3. How many planning applications included an impact assessment on local residents who rely on electronic health equipment such as heart pacemakers and hearing aids.
4. How many planning applications included an impact assessment on the health of local residents who have metal dental implants or other metal implants such as knee or hip replacements.
5. How many planning applications included a certificate of compliance signed by an officer of the operator rather than a third party.
6. Since installation, how many masts have had the radiation levels monitored by a third party to ensure that the radiation levels are within the safety limits."

Response:
Regulation 6(1)(b) - Information which is Publicly Available

Regulation 6(1)(b) of the EIR allows you to not provide information if it is already available to the applicant in another format.

All information can be found on City of Doncaster Councils Public Access site using the link below. There is a user guide explaining how to use the search facility and how to view the documents on the home page of Public Access should you need it: https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/pl...

I hope that this information is useful to you.

Reviewing any decisions made:

If you are not happy with this reply you can ask us to review our response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your response at the address below or email [email address]

If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113.

Yours sincerely,

Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Phone 01302 736000
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email [email address]
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Lewis

Thank you for your email.

I have been back to the service area responsible for providing the information relating to your request and having re-checked Public Access, they have reiterated that if you search on the word '5G' it will bring up the applications where you can find the information you require by viewing the documents on the Associated Document tab.

Kind regards

Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Phone     01302 736000
Address  Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email       [email address]
Website  www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Mr Lewis

My apologies for the delay in responding, the service area have been gathering further information to direct you to the information you require and provide some examples to assist you further.

We have used your original request to assist with this response. For questions 1 to 5 Regulation 6(1)(b) still applies, however further information to assist you has been provided:

1. How many Environmental Impact Assessments were provided before planning permission was granted.

Response: Applications are available to view on Public Access and if an Environmental Impact Assessment was provided it would be in the Associated Documents section to view, if an Environmental Impact Assessment was not provided, it would not be in the list of documents on Public Access. Examples of applications for a 5G mast are 21/00937/TEL and 21/01924/TEL which are typical of the types of documents that are provided when submitting a Telecommunications planning application. Therefore, you can look at the documentation of applications on public access to get the information you require.

2. How many detailed exclusion zones maps for non-compliant areas were produced by the mast operators prior to planning permission.

Response: As above, applications are available to view on Public Access and if a detailed exclusion zone map for non-compliant areas was provided, it would be in the Associated Documents section to view. If this was not submitted, it would not be in the list of documents on Public Access, again, examples of this are applications 21/00937/TEL and 21/01924/TEL and again are typical of the types of documents that are provided when submitting a Telecommunications planning application.

3. How many planning applications included an impact assessment on local residents who rely on electronic health equipment such as heart pacemakers and hearing aids.

Response: As above, applications are available to view on Public Access and if an impact assessment on local residents who rely on electronic health equipment, such as heart pacemakers and hearing aids was provided, it would be in the Associated Documents section to view. If this was not submitted, it would not be in the list of documents on Public Access, again, examples of this are applications 21/00937/TEL and 21/01924/TEL and again are typical of the types of documents that are provided when submitting a Telecommunications planning application.

4. How many planning applications included an impact assessment on the health of local residents who have metal dental implants or other metal implants such as knee or hip replacements.

Response: As above, applications are available to view on Public Access and if an impact assessment on the health of local residents who have metal dental implants or other metal implants such as knee or hip replacements was provided, it would be in the Associated Documents section to view, if this was not submitted, it would not be in the list of documents on Public Access. Examples of these applications can be found at 21/00937/TEL and 21/01924/TEL and are typical of the types of documents that are provided when submitting a Telecommunications planning application.

5. How many planning applications included a certificate of compliance signed by an officer of the operator rather than a third party.

Response: As above, applications are available to view on Public Access and if a certificate of compliance signed by an officer of the operator rather than a third party was provided, it would be in the Associated Documents section to view. If tis was not submitted, it would not be in the list of documents on Public Access. Examples of the types of applications for a 5G mast are 21/00937/TEL & 21/01924/TEL and are typical of the types of documents that are provided when submitting a Telecommunications planning application.

6. Since installation, how many masts have had the radiation levels monitored by a third party to ensure that the radiation levels are within the safety limits.

Response:
Regulation 12(4)(a)
City of Doncaster Council do not hold this information. You would need to approach the relevant operator for this information.

I hope this response is useful to you.

You can apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about our compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation. Contact the Commissioner for details on how to do this as follows:

Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

Lucy McMahon
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Phone 01302 736000
Address Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email [email address]
Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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