planning permission question

studdlymurphy

Hi all,
I'm looking for some advice please if possible. I'm looking to put an antenna in a field on the side of a hill. Is there conditions that if I meet them I do not require planning permission. If I keep it under a certain height etc. I think I could get away with it being 2 or 3 metres in height and it would work OK for me but does that require planning permission?
Thank you for the help

martinedwards

Dunno about EI, but in G if it's PORTABLE, you can do what you like.

if your antenna base is a trailer chassis, that technically COULD be hooked on a car and towed away, you're good.

studdlymurphy

martinedwards wrote:

if your antenna base is a trailer chassis, that technically COULD be hooked on a car and towed away, you're good.

Thank you, that's hopefully an option if I can't fix a pole in the ground.

Yakov P. Golyadkin

There are exemptions allowed for antenna etc but they only apply within the curtilage of a house.
Getting permission may not be a big deal if the structure is modestly sized.

Popoutman

The exemption is *only* for an antenna on the roof of the house, less than 6m above the roof of the house.

There are *no* exemptions for non-dish-type antennas within the curtilage.

There is supposed to be no planning permission required for portable antennas, but apparently it's not that clear cut. I had to go and get an Opinion on the planning laws for this for my situation, and there is enough ambiguity for the Planners to screw you over if they really want to.

Source: https://www.wexfordcoco.ie/sites/default/files/content/Planning/Downloads/Exempted%20Development%20-%20General.pdf
Class 4 section.

Wire antennas, on the roof, under 6m above the roof == no permission required.
Dish antenna, one of, less than a meter in diameter, not forward of the front wall of the house or on the front slope of the house == no permission required.
Anything else, requires permission. Technically, if there's no earthworks needed or permanent attachment to the ground, it should be classed as permanent and should not neet permission. But, as it the same with all things Irish, all one needs is an idiot neighbour who is friendly with the planners to screw you over. Ask me how I know

studdlymurphy

Popoutman wrote:

Wire antennas, on the roof, under 6m above the roof == no permission required. Dish antenna, one of, less than a meter in diameter, not forward of the front wall of the house or on the front slope of the house == no permission required. Anything else, requires permission. Technically, if there's no earthworks needed or permanent attachment to the ground, it should be classed as permanent and should not neet permission. But, as it the same with all things Irish, all one needs is an idiot neighbour who is friendly with the planners to screw you over. Ask me how I know

If I mount everything on a trailer that can be towed away I should be good? It's about 100m away from the nearest house and I doubt they would complain to be honest. I might give it a go and see what happens. Thanks