Core Refusal Reason
The development lacks a demonstrated locational need for a rural setting and fails to justify why it cannot be accommodated on appropriately zoned land, while also posing negative visual and residential amenity impacts.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a tangible locational link to this rural area or provide sufficient justification for not locating the facility on appropriately zoned land closer to the settlement of Ennis.
- The retention of the storage yard, in combination with existing hardstanding and access routes, would result in a scale of development inappropriate for the rural landscape, causing significant injury to visual amenities and setting an undesirable precedent.
- Insufficient information was provided to demonstrate that the additional vehicular movements would not result in a cumulative adverse impact on the residential amenities of the area due to increased noise and dust generation.
Cited Policies (CDP)
CDP6.146.156.21CDP 14.3CDP8.3
Decision Document Summary
The proposal seeks retention of a plant, machinery, and materials storage yard and permission for ancillary works at Lismulbreeda, Darragh, Ennis, Co. Clare. The site is located in an unzoned rural area within the Western Corridor Working Landscape. Clare County Council refused the application primarily because the development lacks a site-specific locational requirement for a rural area and should be located on zoned land. Furthermore, the scale of the development was deemed visually obtrusive,...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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