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The erection of an 18m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes…

Middlequarter, Lands at Galway County Council Sheep Dipping Lands, Inishbofin Co. Galway

Granted (with conditions)

Council decision recorded: September 23, 2026

Applicant
NBI Infrastructure Designated Activity Company (National Broadband Ireland)
Proposed use
See council description
View council file →Timeline ↓Map & nearbyDocuments & full proposal

The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: f999060e6658420f747997b0357583cca18179bd64b8b4e466b6cd641aff4dff · field: ReceivedDate

  2. Further information requested
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: f999060e6658420f747997b0357583cca18179bd64b8b4e466b6cd641aff4dff · field: FIRequestDate

  3. Further information received
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: f999060e6658420f747997b0357583cca18179bd64b8b4e466b6cd641aff4dff · field: FIRecDate

  4. Council decisionGranted with conditions
    Source: NPAD

    NPAD · source SHA-256: f999060e6658420f747997b0357583cca18179bd64b8b4e466b6cd641aff4dff · field: DecisionDate

What changed

Updated in the retained record: Source status, Council outcome, Council decision, Decision due date.

Compare the previous and updated values

Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE; Council outcome: not supplied → CONDITIONAL; Council decision: not supplied → 2026-09-23; Decision due date: 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-28

Observed: 30 September 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns Middlequarter , Lands at Galway County Council Sheep Dipping Lands , Inishbofin Co. Galway. Proposal excerpt: “for the erection of an 18m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes, dual bay cabinet on concrete plinth, palisade fence with access gate, concrete plinth, fibre chamber, stone compound ground finis…”

Sources disagree on some fields. The latest reported value is shown; differences require review.

Location & nearby applications

Middlequarter , Lands at Galway County Council Sheep Dipping Lands , Inishbofin Co. Galway

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No other mapped applications within 5 km were found in the records available for this page.

Documents & sources

Galway County Council · Reference 2660870

View council file →
Source records and verification details

Change record: ePlan · source SHA-256: a95009356469ba93cc9de80925d88eee643b2afe38a7e9b3c48d563d48720cc3

Proposal: NPAD · source SHA-256: f999060e6658420f747997b0357583cca18179bd64b8b4e466b6cd641aff4dff

Latest source observation retained: 2026-09-30T08:17:21.037493+00:00. Source dataset date: 2026-09-29.

Full description from the council file
for the erection of an 18m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes, dual bay cabinet on concrete plinth, palisade fence with access gate, concrete plinth, fibre chamber, stone compound ground finish, replacement of existing gate with farm gate and hanging post and all ancillary development works thereto. 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. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application
Application details
Reference
2660870
Applicant
NBI Infrastructure Designated Activity Company (National Broadband Ireland)
Site address
Middlequarter, Lands at Galway County Council Sheep Dipping Lands, Inishbofin Co. Galway
Homes in source field
0 (proposal, not completions)
Reported floor area (m²)
0
Application type
PERMISSION
Latest reported outcome
Granted (with conditions)
Date received
May 29, 2026
Decision due
September 28, 2026
Council decision date
September 23, 2026
Authority
Galway County Council
All recorded updates to this application

Dates below show when a change was first retained, not when a planning event happened.

  1. 2026-06-17
    • Source status: PRE-VALIDATION → NEW APPLICATION
    • Site address: Lands at Galway County Council, Sheep Dipping Lands Middlequarter Inishbofin, Co. Galway → Middlequarter Lands at Galway County Council, Sheep Dipping Lands Inishbofin, Co. Galway
  2. 2026-09-30
    • Source status: NEW APPLICATION → DECISION MADE
    • Council outcome: → CONDITIONAL
    • Council decision: → 2026-09-23
    • decision due date: 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-28
Source differences
  • Proposal description: {"ePlan": "for the erection of an 18m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes, dual bay ...", "NPAD": "for the erection of an 18m telecommunications structure supporting 4 no. receiving dishes, dual bay cabinet on concrete plinth, palisade fence with access gate, concrete plinth, fibre chamber, stone compound ground finish, replacement of existing gate with farm gate and hanging post and all ancillary development works thereto. 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. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and submitted in support of this planning application"}
  • Site address: {"ePlan": "Middlequarter Lands at Galway County Council, Sheep Dipping Lands Inishbofin, Co. Galway", "NPAD": "Middlequarter , Lands at Galway County Council Sheep Dipping Lands , Inishbofin Co. Galway"}
  • detail_url: {"ePlan": "https://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660870/0", "NPAD": "http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660870/0"}

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