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the development will consist of; Retention Permission 1. Change of use of a 952 sq. m machinery storage and maintenance shed, as approved under Planning Ref KA450597, from agricultural use to light industrial use (Building 1), 2. Retention of the existing unauthorised single bay extension (GFA = 120 sq.m) to the existing shed (Building 1) and change of its use from agricultural use to light industrial use to light (Building 1A) 3. Retention of unauthorised agricultural shed (GFA = 354 sq.m) and its change of use to light industrial store (Building 2). Permission 1. Extension (GFA= 737sq.m) to Building 1 and Building 1A for use as a light industrial unit (Building 1C). 2. External entrance porch (GFA = 12 sq.m) to Building 1. 3. Internal renovations within part of Building 1 to provide offices and welfare facilities ancillary to the use of the building as a light industry unit (244sq.m). 4. New Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated percolation area. 5. New signage. 6. All associated Site Development Works
Core Refusal Reason
The proposed light industrial use materially contravenes the 'RA' (Rural Area) zoning objective and would negatively impact a high-value landscape character area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development represents a material contravention of the 'RA' zoning objective, as light industrial use is neither permitted nor open for consideration in this rural area.
- The applicant failed to provide adequate justification or technical details regarding the nature of the industrial activities to warrant a departure from the development plan.
- The intensification of use and additional construction pose a significant threat to the landscape character of the Blackwater Valley, an area of very high value and sensitivity.