Satellite Dish Regulation

the_freaky_one

Hope i am in the correct section of the forum..

Bought a house in Meath last year. Had a sky dish installed on the side of the house near the front but not actually on the front of the house. It is below the roof in height and was installed by Sky so the dish itself meets the regulations.

The management property have said i need to move the dish due to...

• Planning permission is required for dishes 'near' the front of the house
  
• The property management company has it's own policy about position of dishes.

I've had a look around and seen no definitive legislation saying that a dish which is on a side wall but close to the front requires planning permission. I know if it is on the front of the house it is required.

Anyone know if any planning permission is required for a dish on the side of a house? Once i know there is no breech of planning regulations i can deal with the property management company issue separately.

Cheers!

Youngblood.III

the_freaky_one wrote: »

Hope i am in the correct section of the forum..

Bought a house in Meath last year. Had a sky dish installed on the side of the house near the front but not actually on the front of the house. It is below the roof in height and was installed by Sky so the dish itself meets the regulations.

The management property have said i need to move the dish due to...

• Planning permission is required for dishes 'near' the front of the house
  
• The property management company has it's own policy about position of dishes.

I've had a look around and seen no definitive legislation saying that a dish which is on a side wall but close to the front requires planning permission. I know if it is on the front of the house it is required.

Anyone know if any planning permission is required for a dish on the side of a house? Once i know there is no breech of planning regulations i can deal with the property management company issue separately.

Cheers!

Save yourself a job....ask them to get the regulations to proof it.


No regulation would be worded "near".....its either on the front or not.

L1011

The planning regulations do not specify any closeness to the front for the side. I suspect if the feedhorn actually goes over the front, it would break the rules, but this is unlikely to happen anyway. These rules are available here: http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,32878,en.pdf albeit they do point out this is an unofficial consolidation rather than guaranteed.

Trusting Sky to meet the regulations is - while likely not required in this case as it does anyway - an extremely bad idea. Many Sky instaled dishes massively breach the rules as front walls and chimneys are common locations.

Your lease with the management company is likely to be pretty watertight as goes dishes.

the_freaky_one

Erection of a Satellite Dish on Residential Property

The erection of a satellite dish on a house is classed as exempted development (i.e. does
not require planning permission), subject to the following conditions:

• Only one dish may be erected on or within the curtilage of the house (i.e. the area
of land attached to the house) without planning permission.
• The diameter of the dish shall not exceed 1 metre.
• The dish may not be erected on the front of the house or forward of the house
• The dish may not be erected on the front roof slope of the house or higher than the
highest part of the roof of the house


The part in bold is what is throwing me..

L1011

the_freaky_one wrote: »

Erection of a Satellite Dish on Residential Property

The erection of a satellite dish on a house is classed as exempted development (i.e. does
not require planning permission), subject to the following conditions:

• Only one dish may be erected on or within the curtilage of the house (i.e. the area
of land attached to the house) without planning permission.
• The diameter of the dish shall not exceed 1 metre.
• The dish may not be erected on the front of the house or forward of the house
• The dish may not be erected on the front roof slope of the house or higher than the
highest part of the roof of the house


The part in bold is what is throwing me..

Forward means going beyond the front, e.g. my example of a dish on the side with the feedhorn in front.

Losty Dublin

Certainly where i live in red bricked Dublin the council don't allow front of house dishes and have instructed one of the neighbours on our block to remove his dish more than once.

davo10

Is this a situation whereby the planning permission reference does not apply to the home owner needing planning to erect a dish but rather planning permission was granted by the council subject to the prohibition of dishes being placed on/near front of house. The council can then enforce the condition as they did with that elderly lady a few months ago. Also if the house is in a development, you/your solicitor would have received the management company rules and regulations.

Sky will always put the dish in the place where you can get the best unhindered signal and where it is easiest for them to erect.