Council seek further information on south Longford communications tower
An application to Longford County Council by Vantage Towers Ltd to erect a 30m high lattice telecommunication structure has been held up as the local authority have asked for further information.
The planning application relates to a development at Castlewilder, Abbeyshrule. The planning application covers the construction of the tower along with antennas, dishes and associated telecommunications equipment, enclosed by security fencing and extend existing access track.
The applicant points out that the development is within the curtilage of a protected structure. Castlewilder itself is a detached five-bay three-storey country house, built around 1715.
The building forms the centrepiece in a group of related structures along with the complex of outbuildings and is considered an integral element of the built heritage of County Longford. This house was originally built by the Wilder family during the first decades of the eighteenth century, and possibly slightly earlier.