Core Refusal Reason
The development exceeds the scale appropriate for a small-scale rural enterprise, negatively impacts residential amenity through noise, and fails to demonstrate safe road access sightlines.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The industrial sheds, totaling 430 sqm, are not of domestic proportions and cannot be easily returned to domestic use, violating the criteria for rural start-up enterprises.
- The nature of the stainless steel fabrication activity on-site presents a significant risk of noise nuisance to the neighboring residential property, detrimental to local amenity.
- The applicant failed to submit a site layout or speed survey proving that the necessary 160-meter sightlines could be achieved, thereby endangering public safety via traffic hazard.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy 8-5Section 8.4.4Section 6.1
Decision Document Summary
Ballydrinan Fabrication Services Ltd sought retention permission for light industrial sheds and a concrete yard located at the rear of a dwelling in a rural area of Co. Tipperary. Tipperary County Council refused the application primarily because the 430 sqm structure is too large to be considered a small-scale rural enterprise and its industrial use is incompatible with the residential curtilage. Furthermore, the planning authority cited concerns regarding noise impact on neighbors and the lack...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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