Aberdeen City Council • 260198/DPP
Twelve antennas and dishes proposed on Aberdeen city-centre rooftop
Denburn Court Gilcomston Park Aberdeen AB25 1PN
A telecommunications operator has applied to install 12 antennas and three satellite dishes on the roof of a building close to a primary school and several churches in Aberdeen city centre.
- Status
- pending
- Type
- other
- Consultation ends
- 2026-03-11
Summary
The application proposes mounting a telecommunications base station on top of Denburn Court in central Aberdeen. The equipment would include 12 antennas, two smaller satellite dishes and one larger dish, plus three equipment cabinets, all fixed to the existing rooftop. The building sits in a busy part of Aberdeen city centre. City Church is directly next door. Gilcomstoun Primary School is a couple of minutes' walk away. Aberdeen Central Library and several other places of worship are also close by, and around 53 other buildings lie within a short distance of the site. Rooftop installations like this could be visible from nearby streets and from the upper floors of surrounding buildings. Four schools lie within a few minutes' walk of the site.
What you can do
You can comment on this application through Aberdeen City Council's online planning portal using reference 260198/DPP. The council can consider the visual impact of the equipment, the effect on the character of the surrounding area, and the impact on nearby buildings and spaces. The council cannot take into account concerns about health effects from electromagnetic fields, as these are regulated separately by national safety standards.