Core Refusal Reason
The proposed office use is not ancillary to the primary industrial use, contravenes the 'Light Industry' zoning objective, and fails to provide adequate on-site parking.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposal would facilitate the use of a first floor that was specifically required to be omitted by a condition of a previous planning grant (P22-287), thereby regularising and intensifying unauthorized development.
- The scale of the office space (approx. 300sqm) exceeds the ground floor production area, making it the dominant use rather than ancillary, which materially contravenes the 'Light Industrial' zoning objective for the site.
- The development provides only 7 on-site parking spaces against a requirement of 17, creating a significant shortfall that would result in haphazard parking and a traffic hazard within the Gort Road Business Park.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective L13Section 1.5.2 of Volume 3(a)Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023
Decision Document Summary
Minds Applied Ltd sought permission to use the first floor of a structure at Unit 7, Gort Road Industrial Estate, Ennis, as office space ancillary to a production facility. The application was refused by Clare County Council as the office component was deemed the dominant use rather than ancillary, which is non-compliant with the 'Light Industrial' zoning objective of the Clare County Development Plan 2017-2023. Furthermore, the proposal failed to provide sufficient car parking and sought to uti...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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