Submission MCU 15_0095 - Multisign

Code Objective                 Developer’s Assessment            Objectors’ Assessment

uses and use classes are       The proposed service station      The proposed shop is not a consistent
consistent uses and are        (Retail Type 5) is a consistent   use. It is NOT ancillary but a major
located in the Industry        use in this zone. The proposed    component of the service station
Zone…                          shop (Retail Type 2) while not    business model without which the
                               listed as a consistent use, is    proposed service station business
                               ancillary to the proposed         model is un-commercial and,
                               service station, therefore is     therefore, the Shop is in all respects
                               considered to be compatible.      an incompatible use and any
                                                                 exemption in this case is untenable
                                                                 for reasons set out elsewhere in this
                                                                 document.
O188 Uses are                  O188 Complies                     Does not Comply
predominantly of an            It is considered that the         It is evident that the proposed
industrial nature ordinarily   proposed use is                   Development is not in any way of an
expected in an industrial      predominantly of an industrial    industrial nature nor is it an ancillary
estate with ancillary uses     nature.                           use compatible with industrial
compatible with industrial                                       businesses.
businesses.                                                      Service stations are ordinarily located
                                                                 in areas of high commercial activity
                                                                 and large volumes of passing traffic.
                                                                 Service station facilities located in
                                                                 industrial parks with no access to
                                                                 non-industrial traffic would in no way
                                                                 support a viable business.
                                                                 The current proposal is simply an
                                                                 attempt to take advantage of an
                                                                 inadvertent zoning of the Property in
                                                                 the industry zone and the
                                                                 Development is not in any way of a
                                                                 nature ordinarily expected in an
                                                                 industrial estate or an ancillary use
                                                                 compatible with industrial businesses.

O196 Industrial development    O196 Complies                     Does not Comply
is conducted in an             All measures to ensure that       The Application fails to address in any
environmentally responsible    environmental values are not      credible detail how the Development
manner, operating without      compromised have been             can operate without deleterious
deleterious impacts on         incorporated                      impacts on the immediate,
immediate, surrounding or                                        surrounding or downstream
downstream communities,                                          community, being the School. In
environments and                                                 particular the Application provides
environmental processes.                                         mere opinion, without recourse to
                                                                 validating the credentials or expertise



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