24/5581

Permission for retention of the following; change of use of former garden centre to container storage facility with containers varying in sizes from 6 feet, 8 feet, 10 feet, 20 feet and 40 feet in length, container with toilet/office facilites connected to an existing effluent holding tank with 4000 litre capacity, vehicular entrance and 8 no. 5 meter high light standards and permission for future connection to public foul and storm sewer, 5 no. 4 meter high light standards on posts attached to containers and all associated site works

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The development materially contravenes Metropolitan Cork Greenbelt policies, poses a traffic safety risk to an adjacent cycle/pedestrian route, and negatively impacts a designated High Value Landscape.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The retention of the development would materially contravene objectives to maintain the open and rural character of the Metropolitan Cork Greenbelt and would set an undesirable precedent for non-conforming uses better suited to zoned lands.
  • The Planning Authority is not satisfied that the traffic generated by the development would not endanger public safety, specifically regarding the adjacent Inter-Urban Route 1 pedestrian and cycle path.
  • The development represents an incongruous form of development that would have a detrimental impact on the visual amenity and character of a designated High Value Landscape and Prominent and Strategic Metropolitan Greenbelt.

Cited Policies (CDP)

RP 5-11RP 5-12RP 5-13TM 12-8GI 14-9GI 14-16HE 16-21

Decision Document Summary

This application sought the retention of a change of use of a former garden centre at Killahora, Glounthaune, Co. Cork. Located within the Metropolitan Cork Greenbelt and a High Value Landscape, the proposal was refused as it was deemed an inappropriate and incongruous development that conflicts with strategic rural preservation policies. Furthermore, the applicant failed to demonstrate that the traffic generated would not create a hazard for users of the adjacent Inter-Urban Route 1 pedestrian ...
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