elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council
elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council
elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council
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Chapter 10: Development Management Guidelines and Standards<br />
impact on archaeological remains. In appropriate circumstances, the <strong>Council</strong> when granting permission for<br />
development may impose conditions requiring:<br />
• professional archaeological supervision of excavations.<br />
• funding by the applicant of archaeological assessment, monitoring, testing or excavation of the<br />
site and submissions of a report thereon, prior to the commencement of development.<br />
• preservation of all or part of any archaeological remains on site.<br />
10.27 TELECOMMUNICATIONS (To be read in conjunction with Chapter 4)<br />
In order to facilitate the evaluation of development proposals for the erection of antennae and support<br />
structures with regard to the Department of the Environment and Local Government’s Planning<br />
Guidelines for Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures (1996), an applicant will be required<br />
to abide by the following:<br />
• Submit a reasoned justification as to the need for the particular development at the proposed<br />
location in the context of the operator’s overall <strong>plan</strong>s to develop a network in <strong>County</strong><br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong>.<br />
• A minimum distance of approximately 100 meters shall be provided between mobile<br />
communication masts/antennae and residential <strong>area</strong>s/schools/hospitals. This requirement shall not<br />
apply in the case of <strong>plan</strong>ning applications relating to sites where <strong>plan</strong>ning permission for such<br />
development has previously been granted.<br />
• Co-location agreements are desirable for the granting of <strong>plan</strong>ning permission. Where new<br />
facilities are proposed, applicants will be required to satisfy the <strong>Council</strong> that they have made<br />
reasonable effort to share facilities or to locate facilities in clusters.<br />
• Indicate what other sites or locations in the county were considered.<br />
• Telecommunication installations will not be favoured in residential <strong>area</strong>s, on land where<br />
development may be restricted or prevented for amenity reasons or in parts of the town centre<br />
which are architecturally important.<br />
• Telecommunications antennae should be located so as to minimise any negative visual intrusion<br />
on the surrounding <strong>area</strong>, especially on landscapes or streetscapes of a sensitive nature. The<br />
preferred location for telecommunication antennae is in industrial estates or <strong>area</strong>s zoned for<br />
industrial use or in <strong>area</strong>s already developed for utilities.<br />
• Submit evidence of consultation with other operators with regard to the sharing of sites and<br />
support structures. Where it is not possible to share a support structure, the applicant should,<br />
where possible, share a site or site adjacent, so that the antennae may be clustered.<br />
• Submit proposals to mitigate the visual impact of the proposed development including the<br />
construction of access roads, additional poles and structures.<br />
• Furnish a statement of compliance with the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)<br />
Guidelines or the equivalent European Pre-Standard 50166-2.<br />
• Planning permission for telecommunications antennae and support structures shall be for a<br />
temporary period of not more than five years.<br />
If the proposal is contrary to the above, the Planning Authority will need to be satisfied that the<br />
installation is of strategic importance, if permission is to be granted. The use of tall buildings or other<br />
existing structures is always preferable to the construction of an independent antennae support structure.<br />
Support structures should be kept to the minimum height consistent with effective operation and should be<br />
monopole (or poles) rather than latticed or square structure, unless such structures have a clear and / or<br />
simple design or alternatively where it is judged by the Planning Authority to incorporate high sculptural<br />
design quality.<br />
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