Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to traffic safety hazards arising from an unauthorized shared entrance and the detrimental impact of the proposed workshop use on the residential amenity of neighboring properties.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is accessed via a potentially unauthorized and dangerous entrance onto a shared laneway serving an industrial fuel depot, creating significant traffic hazard and conflict.
- The proximity of the building to the rear gardens of Sarsfield Drive residents means that workshop activities would cause unacceptable noise and disturbance, seriously injuring residential amenity.
- The planning authority noted that the building is currently being used for unauthorized residential purposes, and the proposed workshop use is considered a guise to continue activities that contravene the 'J - Transport and Utilities' zoning objective.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Kildare County Development Plan 2017-2023Chapter 15 - Urban DesignTable 15.1Chapter 17 - Development Management StandardsSection 17.7.7Table 17.9Policy DL1Newbridge Local Area Plan 2013-2019 - Zoning J
Decision Document Summary
This application sought the retention of a 113.36sq.m single-storey building for workshop use at Station Road, Piercetown, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. The site is situated on lands zoned 'J - Transport and Utilities' and is located between a railway station and a residential estate. Kildare County Council refused the proposal because the access via a shared industrial laneway poses a traffic safety risk and the workshop use would negatively impact the residential amenity of neighboring properties th...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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