elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council

Chapter 10: Development Management Guidelines and Standards
impact on archaeological remains. In appropriate circumstances, the Council when granting permission for
development may impose conditions requiring:
• professional archaeological supervision of excavations.
• funding by the applicant of archaeological assessment, monitoring, testing or excavation of the
site and submissions of a report thereon, prior to the commencement of development.
• preservation of all or part of any archaeological remains on site.
10.27 TELECOMMUNICATIONS (To be read in conjunction with Chapter 4)
In order to facilitate the evaluation of development proposals for the erection of antennae and support
structures with regard to the Department of the Environment and Local Government’s Planning
Guidelines for Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures (1996), an applicant will be required
to abide by the following:
• Submit a reasoned justification as to the need for the particular development at the proposed
location in the context of the operator’s overall plans to develop a network in County
Roscommon.
• A minimum distance of approximately 100 meters shall be provided between mobile
communication masts/antennae and residential areas/schools/hospitals. This requirement shall not
apply in the case of planning applications relating to sites where planning permission for such
development has previously been granted.
• Co-location agreements are desirable for the granting of planning permission. Where new
facilities are proposed, applicants will be required to satisfy the Council that they have made
reasonable effort to share facilities or to locate facilities in clusters.
• Indicate what other sites or locations in the county were considered.
• Telecommunication installations will not be favoured in residential areas, on land where
development may be restricted or prevented for amenity reasons or in parts of the town centre
which are architecturally important.
• Telecommunications antennae should be located so as to minimise any negative visual intrusion
on the surrounding area, especially on landscapes or streetscapes of a sensitive nature. The
preferred location for telecommunication antennae is in industrial estates or areas zoned for
industrial use or in areas already developed for utilities.
• Submit evidence of consultation with other operators with regard to the sharing of sites and
support structures. Where it is not possible to share a support structure, the applicant should,
where possible, share a site or site adjacent, so that the antennae may be clustered.
• Submit proposals to mitigate the visual impact of the proposed development including the
construction of access roads, additional poles and structures.
• Furnish a statement of compliance with the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
Guidelines or the equivalent European Pre-Standard 50166-2.
• Planning permission for telecommunications antennae and support structures shall be for a
temporary period of not more than five years.
If the proposal is contrary to the above, the Planning Authority will need to be satisfied that the
installation is of strategic importance, if permission is to be granted. The use of tall buildings or other
existing structures is always preferable to the construction of an independent antennae support structure.
Support structures should be kept to the minimum height consistent with effective operation and should be
monopole (or poles) rather than latticed or square structure, unless such structures have a clear and / or
simple design or alternatively where it is judged by the Planning Authority to incorporate high sculptural
design quality.
Elphin Local Area Plan 2009-2015 Page 151