Mobile Infrastructure Project.
mip.stakeholders@arqiva.com
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Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP)
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MIP - Overview
 A £150m publicly funded project to provide mobile phone coverage by all four
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in areas that have none at present
 ‘Not spots’: Areas with no effective coverage by any of the mobile network
operators, usually because it is uneconomic to do so
 An opportunity to be grasped - tackling market failure to provide mobile
coverage to less populated areas
 State Aid funding means MIP cannot consider areas where there is coverage
from at least one (UK) operator, but not from others
 State Aid funding is for improvements to “voice coverage and basic data”, but
all sites will have the connectivity to manage upgraded services
 Operational & technical challenges – especially connecting the new sites into
the MNOs’ networks
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Those involved:
 The Department of Culture Media and Sport (Broadband Delivery
UK) is meeting the capital cost of the project
 Arqiva has been contracted to deliver it
 Harlequin are Arqiva’s acquisition agents
 The four Mobile Network Operators:
• Have all agreed to provide a service from all MIP sites for 20
years
• Have agreed to meet all the operating costs of doing so
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The Challenge: - All on the same site!
Planning
permission
Economic power supply
(i.e. Nearby)
Access for build and operation
Economic site rental
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Economic construction cost
Transmission
 Line of sight needed for connecting the site into the MNOs’ networks
 Every site needs TWO transmission links
• One for O2 & Vodafone
• One for EE and 3
 The far ends of the links need capacity to carry the services back into the
MNOs’ core networks
MIP site
Capacity for
onward transmission
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Example notspots – containing one or more premises
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Predicted Coverage Levels of mast at Mount Folly Farm (DEV0901)
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Best Server Plot of proposed mast at Mount Folly Farm (DEV0901)
and Land to the Rear of Houghton Cottage (DEV0891)
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A Typical MIP Installation – 20 metres
(N Molton Devon)
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In the wider context
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In the wider context
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Proposed installation of 17.5m High Lattice Tower Mobile Phone
Base at Land at Mount Folly Farm, Folly Hill, Bigbury on Sea,
Kingsbridge, Devon, TQ7 4AR
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Search Area- Bigbury on Sea
• Search Area centred around Bigbury on Sea
• Consideration given to the land designations:
• South Devon AONB
• South Devon Heritage Coast
• Heritage Assets at Ringmore, Bigbury and Bantham
• Limited natural screening in the site search area, particularly closer to the
coast
• Challenging topography- achieving a viable transmission solution
• Strikes the best balance between fulfilling the operational and technical
requirements whilst minimising the environmental impact.
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Site Search Map
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Discounted options
1. Land at Bigbury Golf Course, TQ7 4BB
•The land was on the openmarket for sale and was not available.
2.Existing Airwave Mast, Mount Folly Farm, Folly Hill
•An overall larger structure would be required at the location in order to accommodate
both the MIP equipment and the existing Airwave Emergency Services broadcast
equipment.
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Land opposite Folly Farm, TQ7 4AR
•Ground height is 105m AOD therefore a viable transmission solution could not be
achieved with a 17.5m high structure.
4.Water Treatment Works, TQ7 4AZ
•Considered that an installation would have a greater visual impact detrimental to the
outlook from residential properties in the vicinity.
•Due to the low land levels of 70m AOD, a 17.5m high structure would not achieve the
necessary line of sight back in the corresponding base stations.
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Discounted options
5. Bay Café, Parker Road, TQ7 4AS
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Insufficient space to house such an installation and thus it would not be viable to
install all of the necessary equipment.
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Further, the low land levels would require a taller structure.
6. Land at Car Park, Marine Drive, TQ7 4AS
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Due to the low land levels a 17.5m high structure would not be able to achieve a
viable transmission solution.
7. Car Park Land opposite Bay Café, Marine Drive, TQ7 4AS
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Due to the low land levels a 17.5m high structure would not be able to achieve a
viable transmission solution.
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Proposed Site- Mount Folly Farm, Folly Hill, Bigbury on Sea,
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Elevated position, adjacent to Bigbury Golf Course
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Provides coverage to 56 not spots and 189 premises
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Set adjacent to a boundary hedgerow and scattered 11-12m high trees
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Nearest residential properties located 380m east of the site (Hexdown)
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Long distance views of the installation only, due to the separation distances to residential properties
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Location Plan
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Elevation Plan
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Local Communications so far:
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The proposal is currently undergoing pre application consultation
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Consultations have taken place with:
South Hams District Council
Initial comments advise consultation with the AONB unit, an application is
supported by a LVIA and Heritage Statement.
South Devon AONB team
No responses to date
Bigbury Parish Council
No responses to date
Ward Councillor Carson
Declared an interest therefore refrained from commenting.
English Heritage
No responses to date
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Thank you.
Questions?
mip.stakeholders@arqiva.com
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Radio Safety
 Town
planning and Radio safety regulation are separate - “Non-duplication of
RADIO
controls”
(80 years)
 Mobile phones save lives. 2/3 of all calls to the emergency services are made on
mobiles (Ofcom)
 Mobile phone base stations produce nothing other than radio waves at
frequencies/wavelengths similar to TV, at low power (a few tens of watts)
 Radio waves have been common in our environment since the 1920s. Arqiva has
been transmitting radio (through its ownership & operation of the BBC transmission
service) through all that time
 All mobile phone base stations must comply with the ‘ICNIRP’ Public guidelines in all
publicly accessible areas
 ICNIRP Certificates must be provided with planning applications
RADIATOR
 ICNIRP
is based on decades of peer reviewed and published research. It is
Infrared
continuously under review
 ICNIRP is accepted by UK & ROI Governments as the appropriate safeguard to
public health
 ICNIRP is accepted by the World Health Organisation and the EC
 ICNIRP incorporates significant precautionary factors
 Mobile base stations typically comply with ICNIRP by very large margins:
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reading by OFCOM in 724 surveys, 2001
RA survey – Highest
highest
of 100 schools
to 2013
= 1/279th ICNIRP public
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/sitefinder/mobile-base-station-audits/
35m
Folkestone School for Girls
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The electromagnetic spectrum:
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