An Chnapach , Leitir Meallain , Co. Galway

What’s proposed

for the erection of a 15-metre high tower supporting 4no. radio-link dish, a ground-level dual bay cabinet, palisade fence and gate, fibre chamber, concrete plinth, ESB mini pillar and white stone compound ground finish. 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

2560028 is a planning application to Galway County Council for for the erection of a 15-metre high tower supporting 4no. radio-link dish, a, received on 14 Jan 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 5 Mar 2025.

Planning details

Reference: 2560028
Local authority: Galway County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 14 Jan 2025
Observations close: 18 Feb 2025 (closed 578 days ago)
Decision due: 10 Mar 2025 · decided 5 Mar 2025
Decision: Conditional on 5 Mar 2025
Proposed development: for the erection of a 15-metre high tower supporting 4no. radio-link dish, a ground-level dual bay cabinet, palisade fence and gate, fibre chamber, concrete plinth, ESB mini pillar and white stone compound ground finish. 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
As published by the register.
Site area: 49 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 366726). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560028/0.

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Provenance

An Chnapach , Leitir Meallain , Co. Galway

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby nothing else within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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