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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Waterville mast plan denied
BY MARY MURPHY
PLANS to replace an existing telecommunications mast in Waterville have been refused by An Bord Pleanála amid concerns of its impact on the Ring of Kerry route.
Vodafone Ireland Ltd had been refused planning permission by Kerry County Council to replace an existing 12-metre mast with a new 15-metre multi-operator hexagonal telecommunications tower at Ballard Upper.
That decision has now been upheld by the planning appeals board which cited concerns about it’s impact on views from the N70 route.
An Bord Pleanála inspector, Patricia M Young, described the proposed changes to the site as significant and said the significant intensification of use made it necessary to examine its setting in a visually vulnerable location.
"This particular landscape setting is highly sensitive to change and is of high scenic amenity value in that it contributes to the valuable tourist asses which is refereed to as the Ring of Kerry," Ms Young stated.
"In the absence of a satisfactory demonstration by the applicant, that full visual mitigation measures have been incorporated into the final design, I am not satisfied that the amenities of the area would not be seriously compromised," she added.
Accepting the recommendation of its inspector An Bord Pleanála refused planning permission for the development.
Elsewhere, leave to appeal a decision to grant a 10-turbine wind farm in Ballylongford has been officially turned down by An Bord Pleanála.
Two separate applications were lodged with the planning appeals board seeking leave to appeal the granting of planning permission for the Tullahennel South development.
Paddy Madden was granted planning permission by Kerry County Council for the development in March and the leave to appeal applications were lodged by Martin G McElligott and John Michael Dee.
The decision means that work can go ahead on the wind farm.
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