Core Refusal Reason
Serious traffic safety concerns regarding the entrance location's proximity to a road junction and a lack of justification for the scale of additional parking provision.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed entrance is located approximately 30m from the junction of the L-7610-0 and L-7527-0, creating a significant risk of vehicular conflict during peak school drop-off and pick-up times.
- The applicant failed to provide a sufficient rationale or itemized car parking calculations to justify the 30-space car park relative to existing school capacity and active travel policies.
- The internal car park layout, featuring parallel spaces on a curve and a problematic one-way system, is poorly designed and fails to ensure safe and adequate access and egress for vehicles.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Chapter 11Chapter 12Section 12.24Table 12.1
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the construction of a new entrance, a 30-space car park, and a community garden on a 0.200 ha greenfield site located opposite Glanduff National School in Carnagh West, Co. Roscommon. The Planning Authority identified critical issues regarding traffic hazard risks due to the entrance's proximity to a local road junction. Additionally, the application lacked a robust justification for the additional parking under the Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028 and failed to ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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