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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, December 17, 2020

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor T. Costello

To ask the Chief Executive to discuss the inclusion of a mast in Kingswood Area and give details of exact product specifications details of this mast and clarify exactly what function it carries out.

REPORT:

Section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) was amended by the Communications Regulation Act, 2002. The amended Section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 enables an licence application for overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure to be lodged as licenses along public roads. Section 254(7) states that ‘Development carried out in accordance with a licence under this section shall be exempted development for the purposes of this Act.’

The Planning Authority assessed the application for the licence as submitted by Cignal Infrastructure Ltd. The applicant on the licence states in the further information submitted that the structure is required by Eir Mobile.

The Planning Authority has granted a licence, subject to 18 conditions, including limiting the licence to three years. Please note that the license decision, submitted details from the applicant and the Chief Executive Order is available at www.sdcc.ie under reference S25419/06. The link below should be to the relevant file http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Planning/Details?p=1&r=s25419%2F06®ref=S25419%2F06