boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council
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 />
masts in the LAP <strong>area</strong>. These <strong>area</strong>s are identified as<br />
SO3 and are subject to the following Specific<br />
Objective:<br />
Specific Objective 3 (SO3): Telecommunications<br />
Infrastructure:<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will favorably consider<br />
<strong>plan</strong>ning applications for telecommunications<br />
infrastructure in this <strong>area</strong> providing the lands satisfy<br />
the criteria of proper <strong>plan</strong>ning and sustainable<br />
development. Applications will be assessed on a case<br />
by case basis in conjunction with the recommended<br />
Guidelines for Planning Authorities with regard to<br />
Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures<br />
(1996), and any subsequent revisions.<br />
Challenges<br />
The key challenge for a telecommunications strategy<br />
for Boyle is balancing the need to provide a high<br />
quality telecommunications network for the town with<br />
the visual and residential amenities and interests of the<br />
town’s residents. Given the significance of broadband<br />
and other telecommunications infrastructure for<br />
modern industry and commerce, the availability and<br />
quality of this infrastructure has a growing<br />
significance on the location of such development. The<br />
presence of high quality telecommunications<br />
infrastructure in Boyle is likely, therefore, to have a<br />
bearing on future decisions to locate new commercial<br />
development in the town.<br />
3.8.2 Telecommunications Strategy<br />
The Telecommunications Strategy for Boyle aims to<br />
promote the provision of high quality and sufficient<br />
capacity telecommunications infrastructure in the<br />
<strong>area</strong>, to ensure the development of a more vibrant<br />
commercial core in the town, which is essential.<br />
Policy 24<br />
Promote an integrated approach with service providers<br />
and with appropriate bodies in the creation of a<br />
modern telecommunications infrastructure in the<br />
Boyle <strong>area</strong>.<br />
Policy 25<br />
Have regard to Government guidelines on<br />
telecommunications infrastructure, including<br />
Telecommunications Antennae and Support<br />
Structures–Guidelines for Planning Authorities 1996<br />
(DEHLG), and any subsequent revisions.<br />
Policy 26<br />
Have regard to recommendations made by the<br />
Landscape Character Assessment, 2008.<br />
Objectives in relation to Telecommunications<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Objective 44<br />
Support by way of <strong>plan</strong>ning condition or development<br />
contribution levies the provision of underground<br />
telecommunications infrastructure within schemes,<br />
where appropriate.<br />
Objective 45<br />
Ensure, by way of <strong>plan</strong>ning conditions or<br />
development contribution levies, that<br />
telecommunications infrastructure is adequately<br />
screened, integrated and/or landscaped, so as to<br />
minimise adverse visual impacts on the environment<br />
where practicable.<br />
Objective 46<br />
Encourage the provision of broadband, including the<br />
provision of electronic courtyards, within<br />
developments and promote the delivery of universal<br />
broadband availability throughout the Plan <strong>area</strong>.<br />
Objective 47<br />
Facilitate the under-grounding of overhead cables<br />
along Elphin Street, Patrick Street and Green Street.<br />
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