Over 40% of planning permissions for masts could have been challenged in courts
A mast at Kingswood in Tallaght being installed on a Sunday morning.
More than 40% of planning permissions for telecommunications masts granted by An Bord Pleanála since September 2020 could have been challenged in the courts due to breaches of ministerial guidelines, it has been claimed.
Some 32 granted permissions out of 75 decisions (43%) delivered over the past 20 months failed to give adequate regard to the Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures guidelines dating from 1996, which state that masts should only be located close to small towns or villages “as a last resort”, according to a review of those rulings by planning consultant Peter Thomson.
