Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes unsustainable, ad hoc commercial development in a rural un-serviced location that contravenes existing planning conditions and the strategic aims of the County Development Plan.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The commercial salon is a non-rural resource-based activity in a remote location that generates unsustainable vehicular movements and undermines the development of serviced towns and villages.
- The proposal would set an undesirable precedent for uncoordinated backland development and materially contravenes conditions 1 and 3 of planning reference PD/22/305, which restricted the structure to domestic use.
- The development compounds existing planning irregularities on the site, as the current dwelling refurbishment and extension are already in non-compliance with multiple conditions of the previous grant of permission.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Chapter 7 - Section 7.4Chapter 7 - Section 7.7Chapter 7 - Section 7.8Chapter 12Strategic Aim 6
Decision Document Summary
The applicants sought retention permission for the change of use of a playroom to a hairdressing salon at a rural site in Cloonlumney, Ballaghaderreen. The application was refused by Roscommon County Council as the development represents an unsustainable commercial use in an un-serviced rural area, which should be directed toward towns or villages. Furthermore, the proposal was found to be in breach of specific domestic-use conditions from a previous planning grant (PD/22/305) and would set a ne...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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