Site Search | Site Map | A - Z Index | Useful Links | Feedback | FAQs | Help  
Planning Service Northern Ireland
Home  About Us  Corporate Services  Development Control and Enforcement  Development Plans and Policy
In Development Plans and Policy
Development Plans and Planning Policy
Planning Strategies
Planning Policy Statements
Development Plans
Supplementary Planning Guidance
Minerals Planning
 Airport Public Safety Zones

Development Control Advice Note (DCAN) 14: Siting and Design of Radio Telecommunications Equipment
3rd April 2008

The Department of the Environment has published the final version of Development Control Advice Note (DCAN) 14 ‘Siting and Design of Radio Telecommunications Equipment’. This follows consultation on the draft document published in July 2003.

DCAN 14 provides supplementary planning guidance to support Planning Policy Statement 10 ‘Telecommunications’. The document includes advice on the process of site selection and illustrates how radio telecommunications equipment can be sensitively installed. Its contents will be material to decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.

Hard copies of the document are available together with a Summary of Consultation Responses on the draft document.

Both documents can also be ordered by telephoning, by text phone, or in writing:

By telephone
(028) 90 547518
By text phone
(028) 9054 0642
In writing
Planning and Environmental Policy Group
River House
48 High Street
BELFAST
BT1 2AW
E-mail
epdwebteam@doeni.gov.uk

Documentation

Press Release External Link
DCAN 14 ‘Siting and Design of Radio Telecommunications Equipment’ pdf document opens in new window 1,324 KB
Summary of Consultation Responses pdf document opens in new window 83 KB
Consultation Responses

Should you require a copy of the policy document in an alternative format, it can be made available on request in large print, disc, Braille, or audio cassette. It may also be made available in Minority languages for those who are not proficient in English.