Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development would create a traffic hazard and interfere with the safety and free flow of traffic on the N69 National Secondary Road.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The intensification of traffic and additional turning movements onto the N69 National Secondary Road, where a 100km/h speed limit applies, would endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard.
- The proposed commercial activity within a residential front yard constitutes a haphazard form of development that would adversely affect the residential amenity and rural character of the area.
- The development is contrary to the 'Spatial Planning and National Roads Guidelines for Planning Authorities' (2012), which seeks to avoid the creation of new access points or intensification of existing ones on national routes outside of the 50-60km/h speed limit zones.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy T10Objective IN O1
Decision Document Summary
The applicant, Mary Battles, sought permission to operate a fruit and vegetable stall from the front yard of her residence at Ballyvareen, Kildimo, Co. Limerick. The site is located on a high-speed section of the N69 National Secondary Road. The local authority refused the application primarily on road safety grounds, citing that the commercial use would generate hazardous traffic movements on a strategic national route and would represent an inappropriate, haphazard development in a rural resid...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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