11 November 2025 · Planning Committee
Street Record, A232, Peel, Isle Of Man, IM5 1dg
The proposal involved three 9m tall wooden telegraph poles (250-300mm diameter, projecting 7-7.5m above ground) with overhead network cables on public footpaths adjacent to boundaries of bungalows at Links Close and 17 North View, Peel, to enable fibre connectivity as part of the National Broadband Plan and copper swit…
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The Planning Committee declined the officer's recommendation for approval, determining that the proposed 9m wooden telegraph poles and associated overhead cabling would introduce an incongruous featur…
General Policy 2
GP2 (b) requires development to respect building lines, patterns of development, scale, proportions and materials; (c) requires safeguarding local character and streetscene. Officer assessed poles as not causing adverse visual harm due to boundary siting and precedents, but Committee found height (9m)/scale above bungalow eaves would negatively impact streetscene character in uncluttered residential area.
Infrastructure Policy 3
Requires balancing need for communications infrastructure against environmental impacts. Officer weighed national broadband necessity (NBP, Island Plan) as outweighing limited visual harm; Committee prioritised environmental/streetscene harm over need.
Strategic Policy 2 - Priority for new development to identified towns and villages
Peel as service centre supports development principle in residential zone.
Strategic Policy 1
Development making best use of resources, expanding existing telecoms infrastructure.
Environmental Policy 22
Safeguarding amenities; no loss of light/privacy/overbearing found.
No significant negative impact upon highway safety, network functionality and/or parking as at least 1.2m footway width is maintained around the poles.
Three public representations from residents/owners of properties in Links Close object to the installation of 3 telegraph poles due to visual impact and incompatibility with the area's underground services.
Key concern: considerable visual impact from overhead telegraph poles in area designed with underground services
On behalf of Vale Limited, owner of 2 Links Close
ObjectionWe wish to object to the proposed development principally on account of the visual impact it will have on Links Close; it must be a backward step to now place fibre on telegraph poles; A pole in the position shown on the plans will be obviously intrusive and unattractive
Resident of 5 Links Close
ObjectionI wish to object strenuously to the application by Manx Telecom; owners...would be willing to pay towards the cost of an underground connection...rather than to see an ugly, unsightly...overhead network; the siting of several telegraph poles...would be a tragedy
On behalf of owner of 1 Links Close
Objectionwishes to object to the proposed development on the basis of the visual impact on Links Close; The artist impressions...indicate a position between nos1/2 will be intrusive and unattractive...and will adversely affect their value
