2 March 2007 · Delegated - Director of Planning and Building Control (M. I. McCauley)
Transmitter Station - Beary Park, Mill Road, Greeba, Isle Of Man, IM4 3lb
The site is an established telecommunications transmitter station in a rural area south of Glen Helen and east of the A3, zoned for Government or Service Department purposes and identified as a TV transmitter on the 1982 Development Plan.
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The officer noted the site is a dedicated 45m telecommunications mast already accommodating broadcast, emergency, and mobile phone equipment, with antennas and dishes already present, so additional ap…
Infrastructure Policy 4 (Draft Strategic Plan)
Requires balancing communications needs with environmental impact via presumption against intrusive masts in sensitive areas, encouraging mast sharing and redundant infrastructure removal. Officer applied by noting existing mast sharing with multiple operators reduces overall numbers; site not sensitive, zoned appropriately.
Time limit
The development hereby permitted shall commence before the expiration of four years from the date of this notice.
Approved plans
This permission relates to the installation of 9 antennas and 7 dishes onto the existing mast along with associated equipment cabinets as shown in drawing numbers DO.E1-20641 Sheet 1 of 1 Revision 1 and DO.P2-26457 Sheet 1 Of 2 Rev 3 date stamped 18th December 2006, DO.P2-26457 Sheet 2 Of 2 Rev 1A date stamped 17th January 2007, Supporting letter from Arqiva dated 15th December 2006, Declaration of Conformity with ICNIRP Public Exposure Guidelines dated 18th January 2007.
no objections
no objections
Manx National Heritage refers to previous concerns about the scale of telecommunications mast developments and urges consideration of the network as a whole; German Parish Commissioners have no objections to the application.
Key concern: scale of telecommunications infrastructure scheme and need for public inquiry into network as a whole
Manx National Heritage
No Commentthe Trustees of Manx National Heritage are deeply concerned at the scale of this scheme; we would be grateful if the Planning Committee would take into consideration the comments previously lodged by Manx National Heritage relating to the current round of telecommunications infrastructure development; we believe that it would be most appropriate for all of these applications to be considered together by an independent planning inspector; we would strongly urge that these applications be ‘called-in’ for public inquiry
German Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionMy Commissioners have no objections this application
German Parish Commissioners
No ObjectionMy Commissioners have no objections this application
