13 August 2003

Peter Timmins
Chief Officer – Finance & Corporate Services

Steven Jewell
Head of Information Technology

Reply To: Mr S Jewell
Direct Line: (01908) 254141
E-mail: Steven.Jewell@milton-keynes.gov.uk

Dear Sir/Madam

Wireless Broadband Pilot

Thank you for registering an interest in becoming a Wireless Broadband Pilot Customer. I am pleased to inform you that work is now well underway in installing the network equipment required to support the pilot. We plan to start connecting our first pilot Customers in September/October and expect the pilot to run for a minimum of four months.

Selection of pilot Customers will be based on achieving a varied mix of premise types and geographic coverage within range of the base station location. We will be offering the following services free of charge to all pilot Customers for the duration of the trial*.

• Broadband Internet Access (minimum offering of 150K)

• 55 Mb of free web-space

• 15 email accounts

• Access to Newsgroups

To be able to use the Broadband service your computer will need to meet these minimum requirements:

PC User

Operating System - Windows 98, 2000 Professional Edition, ME, XP Home
Edition, XP Professional
Processor Speed - Pentium 166MHz (or equivalent)
Memory (RAM) - 64MB
Hard Drive Space - 60MB

PC Hardware - CD-ROM Drive, Sound & Graphics Card, USB port (recommended) - if not present Network Interface Card (Ethernet Card)

MAC User

Operating System OS 8.6 - OSX
Processor Speed - PowerPC
Memory (RAM) - 32MB
Hard Drive Space - 40MB
PC Hardware - CD-ROM Drive, Sound & Graphics Card, 10/100 Base Ethernet
Socket (RJ-45 Connector)

We expect to make our selection of pilot Customers in early September and will be contacting you in due course. We will also aim to provide a further project progress update, probably via email, following that selection.

Attached with this letter is a note describing various planning considerations. We anticipate that everyone within the trial will be able to comply with these requirements and will not require planning authorisation. At this stage, you are only asked to follow the guidance on the note and advise us (email to angela.may@milton-keynes.gov.uk) of any immediately apparent problems you may be aware of.

I would once again like to thank you for your interest.

Kind regards



Peter Bonham
IT Operations Manager

Resources Directorate,
PO Box No 111,
Civic Offices,
1 Saxon Gate East,
Central Milton Keynes.
MK9 3HG

Tel: (01908) 691691
Fax: (01908) 252456
Hays DX 31406 Milton Keynes
 

DO I NEED PLANNING PERMISSION?

To connect to the Broadband network, an antenna will need to be installed on your property. In most cases, you will not require planning permission for this. However, some installations may require planning permission. The following information is designed to help you decide whether you need to contact the Council Planning Department.

Houses (not flats or maisonettes): If your house is not a Listed Building or within a Conservation Area you will not require planning permission if the Broadband Network antenna would be located on the house, below the highest part of the roof, and providing that the antenna would not project more than 0.3m from the wall or roof slope on which it is located. This is also providing that there is no more than one other antenna (such as a satellite dish) already on the property.

Flats and Maisonettes: If your house is not a Listed Building or within a Conservation Area you will not require planning permission if the Broadband Network antenna would be located on the property, below the highest part of the roof, and providing that the antenna would not project more than 0.3m from the wall or roof slope on which it is located. This is also providing that there is no more than one other antenna (including satellite dishes) already on the block of flats/maisonettes.

Non residential buildings below 15m tall: If the building is not a Listed Building or within a Conservation Area you will not require planning permission if the Broadband Network antenna would be located on the building, below the highest part of the building and projecting no more than 0.3m from the building. This is also providing that there is no more than one other antenna (including satellite dishes) already on the building.

Non residential building over 15m tall: If the building is not a Listed Building or within a Conservation Area you will not require planning permission if the Broadband Network antenna would not project more than 0.3m from any part of the building. This is providing that there are no more than two other antennae (including satellite dishes) already on the building.

If you do not meet the above criteria or you are unsure about whether planning permission is required, the following contacts at Milton Keynes Council’s Development Control Department will be pleased to advise you further.

Planning Contacts:

Jeremy Lee (01908) 252316
Gideon Richards (01908) 252039
Tanya Cosford (01908) 252313

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