Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the failure to provide essential technical assessments regarding major accident hazards (COMAH), Appropriate Assessment (AA) for protected European sites, and sustainable drainage (SuDS) arrangements.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to submit a COMAH Land Use Planning Study and Fire Safety Study, which is necessary to assess the safety risk to the adjacent residential estate (St. Finian's Park) given the hazardous nature of whiskey maturation.
- In the absence of an Appropriate Assessment Screening or Natura Impact Statement, the Planning Authority could not be satisfied that the proposal would not adversely affect the integrity of the River Boyne and River Blackwater SPA and SAC.
- The proposal lacked a comprehensive Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) assessment and failed to demonstrate adequate surface water disposal arrangements, rendering it contrary to policy objective IU 19 of the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
NBG 3ENV 27ENV 28ENV 29IU 19EE 1EE 2EE 3EE 57EE 58EE 63Table 2.4Chapter 13.21.17
Decision Document Summary
Kinahan's Irish Whiskey Ltd proposed the construction of a 1,187m2 bonded warehouse for whiskey maturation on a site at Marley's Lane, Drogheda, zoned for 'General Employment'. Although the use is compatible with the zoning, the site's proximity to the St. Finian's Park residential estate (15m) and protected Natura 2000 sites (630m) necessitated rigorous technical evaluations. The application was refused because the developer failed to provide a COMAH safety study, an Appropriate Assessment scre...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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