Leave to appeal Mayo business park decision refused

LEAVE to appeal against a grant of planning permission for a major commercial project in Castlebar has been refused.

It relates to lands at Moneenbradagh, at the N5 Business Park, where Primbrook Investments Ltd. received the go-ahead for the construction of a mixed use scheme, delivering 17,084 sq. m. of retail warehousing and commercial property.

The grant of permission by Mayo County Council last November marked the final phase of completing the business park.

An Coimisiún Pleanála subsequently received an application from a nearby property owner seeking leave to appeal the council's decision.

The board has issued a decision to refuse leave to appeal.

In its order, the appeals board found that the applicant seeking leave to appeal occupied a commercial premises approximately 300 metres from the site on which Mayo County Council granted planning permission for the retail warehousing and commercial scheme.

The applicant seeking leave to appeal therefore did not have an interest in adjoining land in respect of which a decision to grant permission has been made.

The applicant seeking leave to appeal therefore failed to meet the requirements of Section 37(6)(a) of the Act, the order stated.

The order continued: "Furthermore it is considered that it has not been shown that the development in respect of which a decision to grant permission has been made will differ materially from the development as set out in the application for permission by reason of conditions imposed by the planning authority to which the grant is subject.

"It is considered that Condition number 2 reflected the uses referred to in the planning application notices, that the retail warehousing use proposed in the application would accommodate bulky goods as referred to in condition number 2."