S.I. No. 403/1983 - Local Government (Planning and Development) (Postal and Telecommunications) (Exempted Development) Regulations, 1983.

1. The link shall be removed from the land on which it is provided not later than twelve months from the date on which it was provided.

2. No such link shall exceed 30 metres in height above ground level or where it is erected on a roof, 7 metres above the roof.

3. No such link shall be situated within 10 metres of the curtilage of any dwellinghouse or of the window of a workroom of any other structure."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment

this 21st day of December, 1983.

LIAM KAVANAGH,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 1977 so as to provide that certain development carried out by the Post Office and by The Irish Telecommunications Board shall be exempted development for the purposes of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Acts, 1963 to 1983.

4. The Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations, 1977 (

S.I. No. 65 of 1977

) are hereby amended by the insertion after Class 25 in columns 1 and 2 of Part I of the Third Schedule of the following matter—

Column 1

Description of Development

Column 2

Conditions

"Class 25A

The carrying out by An Post — The Post Office of development consisting of the provision of—

(a) pillarboxes or other forms of letter box,

(b) roadside boxes for the delivery of mail,

(c) machines for the supply of stamps, or other goods or services.

Class 25B

The carrying out by Bord Telecom Éireann — The Irish Telecommunications Board of development consisting of the provision of—

(a) underground telecommunications structures or other underground telecommunications works (including the laying of mains and cables and the installation of any apparatus or equipment),

(b) overhead telecommunications lines,

Where such lines are attached to poles the height of the poles shall not exceed 10 metres above ground level.

(c) telephone kiosks or other public telephone facilities in a public place,

No such kiosk or facility shall be situated within 10 metres of the curtilage of any dwellinghouse.

(d) equipment for transmitting or receiving telecommunications messages from satellites in space,

S.I. No. 403 of 1983.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) (POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS) (EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

The Minister for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 4

and

10

of the

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1963

(No. 28 of 1963) hereby makes the following Regulations—