Telephone Exchange Lower Barvas Barvas Isle Of Lewis
Approved on 31 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Install new 8.5m steel monopole to the rear of Barvas telephone exchange with 0.6m dish, 0.3m dish and dipole antenna. Remove existing monopole to front of site.
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- An Taobh Siar Agus Nis
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date6 May
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 20 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Telephone Exchange Lower Barvas Barvas Isle Of Lewis. Western Isles has handled 167 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across An Taobh Siar Agus Nis.
100% of telecoms applications at Na h-Eileanan Siar (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Telecomms Prior Notification/Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barvas & Brue
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Source: Western Isles
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