MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - John Connor

Code Objective                   Developer's    Assessment           Objectors'   Assessment

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.

0188 Uses are                    0188 Complies                       Does not Comply
predominantly of an              It is considered that the           It is evident that the proposed
industriai 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.

0196 Industrial development      0196 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
                                                                     of those making them, and fails to
                                                                     address the potential impacts on the




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