Core Refusal Reason
The development is located on land zoned for 'Open Space and Amenity' where commercial parking is prohibited, and it lacks a site-specific flood risk assessment despite being situated in Flood Zones A and B.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is located in an area zoned 'F: Open Space and Amenity' where commercial parking and warehousing are neither permissible nor open for consideration under the Naas Local Area Plan 2021-2027.
- The site is at significant risk of flooding (Zones A and B), and the applicant failed to demonstrate through a site-specific flood risk assessment that the development would not increase flood risk in the area.
- Granting permission would materially contravene the zoning objectives of the local area plan and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Naas Local Area Plan 2021-2027 Table 11.3Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029 Section 15.9.2Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029 Section 15.7.8Kildare County Development Plan 2023-2029 Table 15.8Section 28 Guidelines Planning System and Flood Risk Management (2009)URD 1.14
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought retention permission for the commercial use of a 0.9138ha site for parking trucks and refrigerated containers, along with boundary fencing and electric gates, at Naas Industrial Estate, Co. Kildare. The site is bounded by the Morell River and is currently used for unauthorized commercial parking. Kildare County Council refused the application because the use is fundamentally incompatible with the 'Open Space and Amenity' zoning objective of the Naas Local Area Plan 2021-2027...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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