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to (a) retain revised building location minor elevational changes and revised internal layout as constructed. (b) retain completed development on revised site boundaries. (c) retain change of use from storage use to commercial use. (d) to remove the restrictions in condition 12 of Pl Ref 06/5805 and 12/172 previously granted relating to the following: 1) Purposes ancillary to the applicants Engineers business 2) Use for industrial purposes only 3) Sublet of unit. Gross floor space of work to be retained: 1877sqm.
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal represents an unsustainable intensification of industrial and distribution use in an unserviced rural area, creating significant traffic safety hazards on a national secondary road (N83) and failing to demonstrate adequate wastewater and surface water management.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development constitutes an inappropriate intensification of distribution and warehousing use in an unserviced rural location, which would be more appropriately located on serviced zoned lands within an urban setting.
- The proposed access onto the N83 national secondary road, where a 100kph speed limit applies, would endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard and obstruction of road users due to insufficient visibility and the absence of a Road Safety Audit.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the site is served by a satisfactory wastewater disposal system and surface water drainage, posing a prejudicial risk to public health and the environment contrary to EPA and ministerial guidelines.