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 4: Infrastructure and Services<br />
At national level these include:<br />
• Sustainable Development – A Strategy for Ireland, DOE, 1997.<br />
• National Spatial Strategy, 2000–2020 People, Places and Potential, DOELG, 2002.<br />
• Wind-farm Development, Guidelines for Planning Authorities, DOE, 1996.<br />
• The National Climate Change Strategy, DOELG, 2000.<br />
• Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures, Guidelines for Planning Authorities,<br />
DOE, 1996.<br />
• Green Paper on Sustainable Energy, DPE, 1999.<br />
• Strategy for Intensifying Wind Energy Development, DPE, 2000.<br />
The regional context is provided by the:<br />
Regional Planning Guidelines for the West, 2004 – 2016, which are being reviewed.<br />
4.7.2 Physical Context<br />
1. Broadband<br />
The implementation of broadband is under the auspices of the Department of Communications, Marine<br />
and Natural Resources. There are three programmes in place to ensure the delivery of Broadband within<br />
the country. <strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> Development Board (RCDB) has identified the provision of Broadband<br />
as vital for development in the <strong>County</strong> and has formulated a Broadband Strategy i.e. ‘The Rollout of<br />
Broadband in <strong>County</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong>’.<br />
The main modes of delivery of Broadband throughout the country are DSL via phone lines, Wireless<br />
Broadband and Satellite Communication. Wireless service providers include Last Mile Broadband, and<br />
Azotel-Brisknet. FWA is available in a number of <strong>area</strong>s with transmitters centered in Athlone,<br />
Ballinlough, Ballyleague, Boyle, Knockcroghery and Strokestown. Elphin is also serviced by FWA.<br />
2. Mobile Phone Network Development<br />
It is a policy of the <strong>Council</strong> to achieve a balance between facilitating the provision of telecommunications<br />
services, in the interests of social and economic progress, and sustaining residential amenities including<br />
public health, whilst maintaining a quality environment. The Telecommunications policy for the <strong>County</strong><br />
shall be based on the recommended Guidelines for Planning Authorities with regard to<br />
Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures (1996). This policy encourages co-sharing and<br />
clustering of masts.<br />
4.7.3 Telecommunications Strategy<br />
The Telecommunications Strategy for Elphin aims to promote the provision of high quality and capacity<br />
telecommunications infrastructure in the <strong>area</strong>, to ensure the development of a more vibrant commercial<br />
core in the town, which is essential.<br />
Policies in relation to Telecommunications Infrastructure<br />
Policy 41<br />
Promote an integrated approach with service providers and with appropriate bodies in the<br />
creation of a modern telecommunications infrastructure in the Elphin <strong>area</strong>.<br />
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