Core Refusal Reason
The development would create a traffic hazard due to substandard access and poor visibility splays onto a high-speed slip road serving the N7, and it contravenes national policy regarding development at national road junctions.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The access onto the slip road is substandard as it lacks adequate vision splays in each direction for traffic entering and exiting onto a route where vehicles travel at the maximum speed limit.
- The proposal is at variance with national policy and contravenes Section 2.7 of the DoECLG Spatial Planning and National Roads Guidelines regarding development at national road interchanges.
- While the visual impact of the containers is not considered significantly injurious to the area's amenity, the fundamental traffic hazard remains unchanged from previous refusals and warrants refusal.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Zoning Objective EESection 12.9.2Table 12.27Objective ET3 (2016-2022)Objective 5 (2016-2022)
Decision Document Summary
This report examines a first-party appeal by Eurobin Ltd. against South Dublin County Council's decision to refuse retention permission for a self-storage facility comprising 40 shipping containers at Clonacoole, Naas Road. The site is located on lands zoned 'EE' (Enterprise and Employment) near the Red Cow interchange. The Planning Authority refused the application on two grounds: traffic safety and negative visual impact. The Inspector disagreed with the Council on visual impact, noting the si...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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