Core Refusal Reason
The proposal is contrary to national policy regarding development on national roads and local policy directing commercial activity to towns, posing a traffic hazard and negatively impacting residential amenity.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development is at variance with national policy (DoECLG 2012) as it would result in a material intensification of an entrance onto the N60 national road, creating a potential traffic hazard and endangering public safety.
- The proposal fails to comply with the Roscommon County Development Plan 2022-2028, specifically objectives ED 6.9 and ED 6.10, which seek to direct non-resource-based commercial activities to serviced towns and villages rather than rural residential sites.
- The establishment of a commercial car diagnostics service in this residential setting would be injurious to the residential amenity of neighboring properties and would set an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Chapter 4 – Towns and VillagesChapter 5 – Rural Development and Natural ResourcesChapter 6 – Economic DevelopmentChapter 7 – Infrastructure, Transport and CommunicationsChapter 12: Development Management StandardsPolicy Objective ED 6.9Policy Objective ED 6.10
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought planning permission for a change of use from a domestic garage to a car diagnostics service at a residential site in Arm, Cashel, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. The site is located on un-zoned land accessed via the N60 National Secondary Road. Roscommon County Council refused the application primarily because the intensification of the existing entrance onto a national road contravenes national safety guidelines and creates a traffic hazard. Additionally, the proposal was deemed ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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