With over 15 years’ experience undertaking reception surveys, we have developed expertise to ensure that you can fulfil your planning obligations throughout the lifetime of a project. These include understanding how your project may impact baseline reception quality, and investigating and validating any reported interference complaints post-construction. We will ensure that you understand project risks early to allow for mitigation budgets to be considered, which will save you time and reduce costs throughout the lifetime of your project.
Buildings and wind farms can disrupt broadcast television and radio signals, which can render them unusable. These services are seen by planning authorities as an amenity that must be maintained at baseline levels, and therefore these projects must not create significant interference that renders a service unusable. If they do, they must be mitigated.
When is a television and radio reception survey required?
There are typically two survey types: 1) a baseline reception survey, which is undertaken to understand the baseline signal quality at a given location, and 2) a post-construction survey, which is completed to either re-evaluate the new baseline or to investigate an interference complaint.
A survey may be required where, due to a project’s size and scale, existing broadcast signals may be affected. It is important to understand early the likelihood of interference materialising so that you can put processes in place to manage mitigation complaints and budgets.
How are television and radio reception impacts assessed?
We have the expertise to model and identify the relevant interference areas. We then evaluate mapping resources to ensure we survey the areas where interference is more likely to materialise. For baseline surveys, we endeavour to capture data for the most critical locations. For post-construction surveys, we either re-visit previous survey locations or take readings at reported interference locations. Our experience in this area means that you can proceed confidently, knowing that television and radio reception issues are being expertly handled.
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Pager Power leads the way in technical planning consultancy for renewable and urban projects, and our team of experts are here to solve your planning issues. We thrive on helping our clients overcome planning concerns and increasing your chances of receiving planning permission. From operating in different time zones to attending meetings in person globally, we do everything we can to give your project every chance of success.
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From your first contact with us, we will identify the issues your project faces, your deadlines, and any other key parameters. We want to hear about you, how you work and your project, so we can tailor our approach to establish a lasting working relationship. From the first conversation, we will develop a suitable scope of work with the key aim of moving your project forward.
Fast Delivery
We offer a competitive standard delivery timeframe of 30 working days for our Television and Radio Reception Surveys, however we are able to offer guaranteed accelerated delivery options for occasions where time is of the essence. If you are in need of an assessment with a tight turnaround, do not hesitate to ask, as we will try our utmost to accommodate your project timeline.
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After agreeing to move forward with us, the project will be assigned to a technical expert, who will be your personal point of contact for your project.
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We will deliver the report within the agreed timeframe. If required, we will discuss with you the next steps. In many cases, our role is complete at this point as we will have successfully navigated the issue at hand.
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