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for the existing component storage yard and existing palisade fencing. The new development will consist of the following: the provision of a warehouse facility with associated administration office and staff welfare facilities; all associated site development, access, parking, landscaping, palisade fencing, drainage, wastewater treatment system, tertiary unit and percolation area and site enabling works

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The development was refused due to its excessive scale in an unzoned rural area, which materially contravenes rural enterprise policies, and significant traffic safety concerns regarding the intensification of access onto a restricted regional road (R446) with inadequate visibility.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The proposed development, by virtue of its substantial scale (17,893sqm) and industrial nature, is considered an over-intensification of an unzoned rural site that would be more appropriately located on serviced urban lands, thus materially contravening Policy Objectives CD 1 and RD1 of the Galway County Development Plan 2022-2028.
  • The intensification of use and associated heavy articulated vehicle movements onto the R446 Restricted Regional Road, where a 100km/h speed limit applies, would endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard due to restricted visibility and lack of adequate traffic assessment, contravening DM standards 28 and 33a and Policy Objective NNR 1.
  • The development would set an undesirable precedent for similar unauthorized large-scale industrial developments in rural areas and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.

Cited Policies (CDP)

Policy EDT 1Objective EDT 7Objective EDT 9Policy Objective RD1Policy Objective CD 1Policy Objective NNR 1DM Standard 28DM Standard 33aPolicy Objective NBH 1Policy Objective NHB 2Policy Objective NHB 3Policy Objective WR 1DM Standard 50Section 8.13Section 10.6Section 10.15Section 14.4Section 14.6

Decision Document Summary

J.J Rhatigan and Company sought retention for an existing 17,893sqm component storage yard and palisade fencing, alongside planning permission for a new warehouse facility and associated site works at Oran beg, Derrydonnell, Co. Galway. The 2.244-hectare brownfield site is located in an unserviced rural area adjacent to the R446 Restricted Regional Road. Galway County Council refused the application primarily because the industrial scale of the development is unsuitable for a rural location and ...
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