Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the lack of clarity regarding the intended use of the entrance (which appears to serve an unauthorised storage yard), inadequate sightlines and setbacks on a strategic road, and the failure to submit a flood risk assessment for a site at risk of flooding.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The Planning Authority expressed significant concern that the entrance serves an unauthorised commercial storage yard and includes a private lane not accurately reflected in the site layout plans.
- The development fails to meet mandatory road safety standards for a strategic road (R696), specifically failing to provide the required 4.5-metre setback and 160-metre sightlines necessary for agricultural or commercial access.
- The applicant failed to submit a commensurate flood risk assessment, which is a requirement for this site as it is located within an area identified as being at risk of both fluvial and pluvial flooding.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Tipperary County Development Plan 2022-2028Volume 1 Written Statement 10-3Volume 3 Appendix 6 Development Management StandardsSection 6.1 Road Design & VisibilityTable 6.1: X-Distance RequirementsTable 6.2: Design Speeds and associated Y-DistancesSection 5.28 of the Planning System and Flood Risk Guidelines 2009
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for an 'as built' entrance serving an agricultural field at Lissadober, Co. Tipperary, situated on the R696 strategic road. The site is located within an 'Area under Urban Influence' and a Class two Scenic amenity area. The Planning Authority determined that the entrance appears to facilitate an unauthorised storage yard containing construction waste and a shipping container. The proposal was refused because it failed to clarify the intended use of th...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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