Retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/sales/servicing and repairs, change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing/valeting, alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist, and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage and new vehicular access/egress to neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), new vehicular traffic access/egress from public road (R168), new portacabin office building (to replace temporary office structure), vehicle display area, alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site, and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels. *Significant Further Information received on 06/09/2019, alterations to site boundary/increase in site size and change of use of the existing dwelling house to commercial and storage use associated with the car sales business currently operating onsite.*
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Waterunder , Mell , Drogheda
One-off house / within 5 km where a location match is available
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14% of nearby decided applications were refused. The preview found 1,340 nearby planning records within 5 km where a location match is available.
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- 1978
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- One-off house
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- 5 km radius
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Permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels.
The development will consist of:A motor sales showroom and service garage (1263 m2 gross floor area) with accomodation at a single level with a maximum height of 7.3m. The proposed accommodation comprises of a car sales showroom (634 m2), aftersales (629 m2), wash, valeting, photobooth and tyre fitting (267 m2) with staff accommodation. The proposed development includes 16 customer parking spaces and 163 spaces for display, storage of cars for sale and employee parking. Permission is also sought for signage, hard and soft landscaping, new boundary treatments and all associated site development works. Access to the proposed development is to be from the existing roundabout and service road to the north of the site. Formation of temporary sales facility while construction of dealership takes place at M1 Retail Park, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Retention permission of previously approved development (Pl. Ref No. 18737) at M1 Retail Park. The development consists of retention permission for alterations to previously approved motor sales showroom and service garage to include alterations to elevations & floor plans, additional mezzanine floor, alterations to site layout and all associated and ancillary works
Permission for amendments to previously permitted development (ref. 2220) to consist of an increase in floor area of permitted remote sales office from 23sqm to 42sqm (construction of permitted showroom and workshop extension has now commenced on site), at their existing premises
Permission for construction of single storey motor showroom and service workshop extension to side of existing building, construction of single storey remote sales office, along with attached illuminated building signage and all associated site works, including new driveways, parking areas, landscaping, drainage and additional 5m high pylon sign
The brief summarizes the pattern across all 1,340 matched decisions within 5 km and includes up to 80 detailed comparables (40 nearest refusals and 40 nearest grants), with extracted reasons, quotes, and available source links. €49 incl. VAT.
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