Installation of a 12-metre-high telecommunications timber monopole carrying 2
MEENACLADDY LOWER, INISHBOFIN ISLAND, LETTERKENNY PO
0.002 ha · Granted · permission to Sept 2031 (estimate)
Planning application 2661340 to Donegal County Council: Installation of a 12-metre-high telecommunications timber monopole carrying 2 no. dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, at Meenacladdy Lower, Inishbofin Island, Letterkenny PO. Granted by the council on 10 September 2026. The permission normally runs to September 2031 (an estimate: the grant plus five years).
Timeline
- Application lodged
- Council granted
- Permission normally ends (estimate)
The end date is an estimate: the grant plus five years, the normal life of a permission. An extension or a commencement changes it.
Key facts
Proposed development
INSTALLATION OF A 12-METRE-HIGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIMBER MONOPOLE CARRYING 2 NO. DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE BAY GROUND-BASED EQUIPMENT CABINET MOUNTED ON A CONCRETE PLINTH, WOODEN POST-AND-RAIL FENCING WITH ACCESS GATE, FIBRE CHAMBER, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS THERETO. THE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO CARRY THE BROADBAND DATA FROM THE NEW HIGH SPEED FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK ON THE ISLAND TO THE MAINLAND BY RADIO LINK, TO CONNECT TO THE NBI NATIONAL FIBRE NETWORK, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY, INCLUDING THE ISLANDS, AT THE SAME DATA SPEED. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Planning status
Permission was granted on 10 Sept 2026. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the permission normally runs to Sept 2031 (estimate).
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