Core Refusal Reason
The development fails to meet rural enterprise criteria and creates a significant traffic hazard at a junction with substandard visibility on a strategically important regional road.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is not considered a Rural Enterprise Development and contravenes objective EDO 54 of the Mayo County Development Plan 2022-2028, potentially injuring local amenities.
- The proposal contravenes objective MTP 28 by generating increased traffic movements onto a Strategically Important Regional Road (R345) where a speed limit of 80km/h applies.
- The site is located at a junction with substandard sight visibility distances, and the intensification of use would endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard and obstruction of road users.
Cited Policies (CDP)
EDO 54MTP 28Volume 2, Section 7.6
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought retention permission for a hairdressing salon in a rural area at Kildun, The Neale, situated at the junction of a local road and the R345 Regional Road. Mayo County Council refused the application on the grounds that the business does not qualify as a necessary rural enterprise under policy EDO 54. Additionally, the development was deemed a traffic hazard because it intensifies use at a junction with poor visibility on a strategically important regional road, thereby contrav...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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