Core Refusal Reason
The proposed 21m monopole is considered visually obtrusive, dominant, and overbearing at this specific location, failing to mitigate adverse impacts on the visual amenities of the area and contravening County Development Plan objectives regarding the siting of telecommunications infrastructure.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development is visually prominent from multiple viewpoints and the applicant failed to provide a holistic representation of the visual impact through the limited photomontages provided.
- The applicant did not adequately address previous refusal concerns regarding micro-siting, maintaining the same location within the site despite the availability of more suitable, less prominent positions.
- The structure's dominant and overbearing nature would negatively impact the visual amenity of the surrounding area, including nearby residential properties and national monuments, thereby contravening Objective ICT05 of the Cavan County Development Plan 2022-2028.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective ICT02Objective ICT05Objective ICT06Section 7.12ICT 01ICT 03ICT 04ICT 07Section 14.15
Decision Document Summary
Vantage Towers Limited sought permission for a 21m high monopole telecommunications structure and associated equipment at a car sales site in Moynehall, Cavan, an area zoned for General Enterprise and Employment. Despite reducing the height and changing the design from a previous lattice structure refusal, the Planning Authority refused the application primarily due to its visually obtrusive and overbearing impact on the landscape. The planner concluded that the applicant failed to address previ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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