17 May 2019 · Planning Committee
Cable And Wireless, Site 082 Tower Farm, Mountain Road, Ramsey, Isle Of Man, IM8 2jl
The site is an existing telecoms installation in a rural hillside location within an Area of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance, adjacent to a conifer plantation and near Albert Tower, visible from Mountain Road and Ramsey.
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The officer accepted there is a demonstrated need for the upgrade due to high network congestion in Ramsey, the site's unique topography requiring fewer masts than urban alternatives, and support for …
Strategic Policy 1
Requires optimising use of existing infrastructure and locating development to utilise services. Officer found proposal complies as upgrade of existing site improves connectivity without needing multiple new urban masts.
Strategic Policy 4
Protects landscape quality especially adjacent to designations. Proposal accepted as not causing unacceptable impact.
General Policy 3
Permits location-dependent development for necessary services outside zoned areas. Applied as telecoms infrastructure exception.
Environment Policy 1
Protects countryside unless overriding national need with no alternative. Visual impact outweighed by telecoms need.
Environment Policy 2
Protects AHLCVSS character unless no harm or essential location. Tree mast design ensures acceptable impact matching existing.
Infrastructure Policy 3
Balances telecoms need against environmental impact, presuming against intrusive masts, encouraging sharing/removal. Proposal upgrades existing, removes redundant mast, uses camouflaged design in sensitive area.
Time limit
The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice. Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.
Height limit
No part of the structure hereby approved shall be more than 18 metres from adjacent ground level. Reason: To limit visual impact in the interests of the character and appearance of the Area of High Landscape or Coastal Value and Scenic Significance.
Remove existing mast
The existing mast shall be removed and the ground restored to its original condition within 60 days of the mast hereby approved becoming operational. Reason: To ensure that the site does not appear as a cluster of structures and to limit the visual impact.
Decommissioning
In the event that the mast hereby approved is no longer required, it shall be removed from the site within 6 months of it no longer being in use, and the ground restored to its condition prior to the installation of the mast and associated equipment. Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area.
Maintenance to prevent shedding
The owner of the mast must ensure that the site and surrounding area are kept clear of any parts of the tree mast hereby approved which may be 'shed' during its lifetime, and that the mast is regularly maintained. Reason: In the interests of reducing the environmental impacts of the mast.
no interest in the application
accept ICNIRP recommendations; no health concerns raised; Declaration of Conformity provided
Public Health (Department of Health and Social Care) provided no objection to the application, confirming compliance with ICNIRP guidelines and no health concerns from RF-EMF exposure; numerous public representations raised objections citing health risks from 5G.
Department of Health and Social Care Public Health Directorate
No Objectionfrom a PH perspective we accept the evidence based recommendations of ICNIRP in respect of exposure thresholds. This application has a Declaration of Conformity with ICNIRP guidelines and we have no concerns to raise regarding impact on health.; current evidence does not confirm the existence of any health consequences from exposure to low level electromagnetic fields.
Department of Health and Social Care Public Health Directorate
No Objectionnothing in the material she has submitted would cause me to revise my advice to government or the Planning Committee.; The guidelines were published in 1998 but underwent a full review in 2009 and are currently undergoing further review. They are not, therefore, out of date
