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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Friday, December 14, 2012

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor M. Devine

"To ask the Manager what policy/guidelines exist regarding the installation of satellite dishes?"

REPLY:

With respect to the installation of  satellite dishes Class four (B) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 exempts from requiring planning permission the erection of a satellite dish subject to complying with the following exemptions;

(a)     Not more that one antenna shall be erected on, or within the cartilage of a house.

(b)     The diameter of any such antenna shall not exceed 1 metre.

(c)     No such antenna shall be erected on,or forward , of the front wall of the house.

(d)     No such antenna shall be erected on the front slope of the house or higher than the highest part of the roof of the house.

In the event that a proposed satellite does not comply with the above limitations it requires planning permission. Any such application will be considered on the grounds of compliance with Development plan policy, particularly policy SN22 Ducts and Satellite dishes, where relevant to proposals in apartment blocks, but also on its wider planning merits.