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Retention and Permission for the following 1. Retention of asphalt laneway and driveway in lieu of gravel finishes conditioned under Louth County Council grant reference 05/489 (ABP Ref:15.212574). 2. Temporary retention planning permission for a 5 year period for part change of use from agricultural land to agricultural storage yard. 3. Retention of 2 no portal frame structures buildings 05, 06 for associated agricultural use, retaining walls, 1.8m high stone-faced concrete walls, surface water drainage infrastructure, and associated site development works. 4. Full Planning permission for new underground reinforced concrete tank to attenuate the surface water and all associated site development works
Core Refusal Reason
The development constitutes a material contravention of the County Development Plan due to inappropriate commercial encroachment into an unzoned rural area of high scenic quality, coupled with insufficient environmental assessments regarding ecology and surface water management.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The scale and commercial nature of the development represent an intrusive encroachment into unzoned rural lands and an Area of High Scenic Quality, which militates against the preservation of the rural environment and sets an undesirable precedent.
- In the absence of an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report, the Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development would not have significant adverse effects on the River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA and SAC.
- The applicant failed to provide adequate design details for a comprehensive Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS), rendering the proposed surface water management infrastructure inadequate for the scale of the site.