GrantedInfrastructureDecided 25 April 2025

LANDS AT GWEEDORE GAA CLUB, MACHAIRE GATHLAIN, DERRYBEG

Installation of a 12-metre utility pole and equipment at Gweedore GAA Club.

2560001 · Donegal County Council · Lodged 2 January 2025

Reference: 2560001
Authority: Donegal County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 2 January 2025

Summary

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The development involves installing a 12-metre wooden utility pole with a receiving dish, ground cabinet, fencing, and cabling. This infrastructure is required to carry broadband data from an island to the mainland as part of the National Broadband Plan.

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Development description

Installation of a 12-metre stout wooden utility pole with 1 no. Receiving dish, a ground-level single bay cabinet, 1.2-metre high mesh fence, fibre chamber (0.6x0.6m), concrete plinth and trunking cover for duct exit and cable run up pole to 3-metres. The development is required to carry the broadband data from the new high speed fibre broadband network on the island, to the mainland by radio link, to connect to the nbi national fibre network, as part of the government’s national broadband plan to provide high speed broadband to all parts of the country that are not available commercially, including the islands, at the same data speed. A natura impact statement (nis) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application

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Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Magheragallon, Derrybeg, County Donegal	Jul 2025	€157,000	145 m
Strand Road, Maghergallon, Bunbeg	Apr 2026	€260,000	205 m

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Key dates

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Application received2 January 2025
Further information requested20 February 2025
Further information received4 April 2025
Decision due1 May 2025
Decision issued25 April 2025
Grant issued28 May 2025
Permission expiry27 May 2030

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