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Written question asked by David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 13 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2007. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Friday, 20 April 2007 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


Aerials: Planning Permission

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning applications (a) to construct and (b) to add to existing telecommunications masts in each council area of Northern Ireland were approved in the last 12 months.
Answer

The Department of the Environment's Planning Service approved 155 planning applications for telecommunications masts between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007 and the following table shows the number approved in each district council area. I regret Planning Service's electronic records system does not provide a distinction between an application for the construction of a mast and an addition to an existing mast.

District council area Planning approvals in 2006-07
Antrim 4
Ards 4
Armagh 2
Ballymena 5
Ballymoney 2
Banbridge 2
Belfast 26
Carrickfergus 3
Castlereagh 6
Coleraine 7
Cookstown 1
Craigavon 6
Derry 12
Down 5
Dungannon 7
Fermanagh 3
Larne 1
Limavady 1
Lisburn 12
Magherafelt 3
Moyle 0
Newry and Mourne 8
Newtownabbey 4
North Down 8
Omagh 14
Strabane 9
Total 155

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
132188; 459 c847W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Aerials Northern Ireland
Link
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