Core Refusal Reason
The development contravenes the 'Existing Residential' zoning objective due to its negative impact on residential amenity and is legally precluded because it extends other unauthorized structures on the site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The steel storage racking, by reason of its height, massing, and appearance, has a negative and injurious impact on the visual and residential amenities of the area and contravenes the A1 'Existing Residential' zoning objective.
- Granting permission would set an undesirable precedent for other similar inappropriate structures in the vicinity, which is contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
- The Planning Authority is precluded from granting retention permission as the racking provides an extension to other unauthorized storage facilities on the site that do not have the benefit of planning permission.
Cited Policies (CDP)
A1 Existing ResidentialPolicy Objective EE 3313.14 RETAIL13.14.1 General Design Considerations13.14.2 Loading Areas13.13.1 Business Parks and Industrial Estates13.13.2 Layout13.13.3 Design and Scale13.13.7 Landscaping and Boundary Treatments13.13.8 Storage/Recycling AreasPolicy Objective IU 19Policy Objective IU 21Policy Objective IU 22
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention permission for a 14-bay steel storage racking system, reduced to 5.6m in height, at Wogans Build Centre on Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda. The site is situated in an area zoned 'Existing Residential' under the Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027. The Planning Authority refused the proposal on the grounds that the structure's scale and appearance are injurious to the residential character of the area. Additionally, the council determined it was legally precluded...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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