Core Refusal Reason
The proposed 24-metre telecommunications tower would be visually obtrusive in an open, exposed rural landscape and fails to integrate with its surroundings, contravening landscape protection policies.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed 24-metre lattice tower is located on a highly conspicuous, elevated, and open site where it would be visually obtrusive and fail to integrate into the landscape.
- The development would result in a significant negative cumulative visual impact when viewed alongside the existing 17-metre water tower, distorting the character and integrity of the rural area.
- The applicant failed to provide an acceptable justification for a second mast in the locality, as the existing infrastructure in the wider area should be upgraded rather than adding a new structure on an exposed greenfield site.
Cited Policies (CDP)
KCDP 11-77KCDP 11-78KCDP 14-82
Decision Document Summary
Vantage Towers Ltd sought permission to erect a 24-metre high telecommunications lattice structure with associated equipment and fencing at Moyvane North, Newtown Sandes, Co. Kerry. The site is situated in an agricultural field on elevated ground adjacent to an existing 17-metre water tower. Kerry County Council refused the application primarily because the structure would be visually dominant and obtrusive within an open landscape, contravening several County Development Plan objectives regardi...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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