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Planning Board approves special-use permit for 300-foot wireless tower near NC Highway 87
Summary
The Rockingham County Planning Board approved a special-use permit for a 300-foot wireless telecommunications tower at 413 NC Highway 87 (case 2025-20) with conditions to require later submittal and third-party review of engineering documents and to preserve existing prescriptive easements for adjacent property owners.
The Rockingham County Planning Board voted to approve a special-use permit for a wireless telecommunications tower proposed at 413 NC Highway 87 (case 2025-20).
Planning staff told the board the site lies in a predominantly Residential Agricultural district and that the application would be accompanied by a third-party engineering review (Kimley-Horn). Staff recommended conditioning approval on receipt and successful review of technical engineering materials — including foundation design and a geotechnical report — that the applicant proposed to provide after the board’s initial approval.
Clark Davidson, representing the applicant,…
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