boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council
boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council
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PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY <strong>2012</strong>-<strong>2018</strong> & BEYOND Chapter 3: Infrastructure & Services<br />
Policy 23<br />
Encourage a sustainable approach to energy<br />
generation and use, and liaise with the appropriate<br />
agencies to ensure the supply of modern sustainable<br />
sources of energy supply to the <strong>area</strong>.<br />
Objectives for Energy<br />
Objective 38<br />
Promote energy conservation initiatives and measures,<br />
including the incorporation of sustainable energy<br />
principles into building design and construction<br />
techniques.<br />
Objective 39<br />
Endeavour to provide information on cost-effective<br />
measures and renewable energy technologies in<br />
accordance with best practice publications, including<br />
the use of passive solar design principles, solar panels<br />
and geothermal heat pumps.<br />
Objective 40<br />
Facilitate improvement in the energy efficiency of the<br />
existing building stock, and promote energy<br />
conservation in all aspects of design and development<br />
of all new buildings in the Boyle LAP <strong>area</strong>.<br />
Objective 41<br />
Support increased energy supply, energy efficiency<br />
and the development of renewable energy services at<br />
optimum locations.<br />
Objective 42<br />
Ensure that the location of renewable energy<br />
structures should minimise and/or mitigate any<br />
adverse visual impacts on the built or natural<br />
environment.<br />
Objective 43<br />
Support the use of rainwater harvesting facilities on<br />
new development where appropriate.<br />
3.8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS<br />
3.8.1 Existing Context<br />
Telecommunications investment is essential to<br />
furthering the social and economic development of<br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong>. A high quality and competitive<br />
telecommunications service is considered essential in<br />
order to promote industrial and commercial<br />
development, to improve personal security and to<br />
enhance social inclusion and mobility.<br />
The future telecommunications access needs of<br />
business parks, new housing estates or communities,<br />
should be addressed as part of the <strong>plan</strong>ning process<br />
and it should be a requirement to install fibre optic<br />
capacity in all new roads infrastructure. The<br />
promotion of high quality and increased capacity<br />
telecommunications infrastructure in the <strong>area</strong> is<br />
imperative to ensure the development of a more<br />
vibrant commercial core in the LAP <strong>area</strong>.<br />
The main modes of delivery of Broadband throughout<br />
the country are DSL via phone lines, Wireless<br />
Broadband and Satellite Communications. Wireless<br />
Service providers include for example Last Mile<br />
Broadband and Azotel–Brisknet. FWA is available in<br />
a number of <strong>area</strong>s including Boyle.<br />
Mobile Phone Network Development<br />
It is a policy of the <strong>Council</strong> to achieve a balance<br />
between facilitating the provision of<br />
telecommunications services, in the interests of social<br />
and economic progress, and sustaining residential<br />
amenities including public health, whilst maintaining<br />
a quality environment. The Telecommunications<br />
policy for the <strong>County</strong> shall be based on the<br />
recommended Guidelines for Planning Authorities<br />
with regard to Telecommunications Antennae and<br />
Support Structures (1996). This policy encourages cosharing<br />
and clustering of masts.<br />
Chapter 8 of this LAP contains a Zoning Matrix for<br />
land uses in the <strong>area</strong> which are permitted in principle,<br />
open to consideration and not normally permitted,<br />
under each class. (See Chapter 8)<br />
Telecommunications infrastructure is “open to<br />
consideration” on lands zoned for the following uses.<br />
(See Maps 14a & 14b - Land Use Zoning)<br />
BE-<br />
PU-<br />
RA-<br />
LA-<br />
LT-<br />
TA-<br />
RC-<br />
Business Enterprise Park/Light Industry &<br />
Warehousing<br />
Public Utilities, Services and Facilities<br />
Recreation, Amenity & Open Space<br />
Leisure & Amenity<br />
Leisure Tourism<br />
Transitional Agricultural Use<br />
Mixed Residential & Commercial<br />
Planning Applications for telecommunications<br />
infrastructure will be assessed on a case by case basis<br />
in the interests of proper <strong>plan</strong>ning and sustainable<br />
development, and will be assessed in conjunction with<br />
the Telecommunications guidelines outlined above.<br />
Maps 14a and 14b - Land Use Zoning illustrate three<br />
<strong>area</strong>s which may be suitable for telecommunications<br />
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