Volume 1 Written Statement

Chapter 16: Development Management
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• Distribution of existing facilities in the city;
• Access to filling stations will not be permitted closer than 35 metres to a road junction.
• Frontage on primary and secondary routes must be at least 20 metres in length.
• All pumps and installations shall be set back at least 5 metres from the roads.
• A wall, of a minimum height of 0.5 metres, must separate the forecourt from the public
footpath.
• Forecourt lighting including canopy lighting should be limited to that which is necessary for
the safe operation of a petrol station. All external lighting should be cowled and directed away
from the public roadway to prevent traffic hazard. The use of high-level and powerful lighting
should not interfere with the amenities of adjoining premises.
• A proliferation of large illuminated projecting signs will not be permitted at filling stations.
Generally only one such sign will be permitted.
• Car-washing and turbo-drying facilities are to be sited so as not to interfere with residential
amenities
• A landscape masterplan will form part of any planning application.
• Any shop being provided shall be ancillary to the principal use of the premises as a filling
station and shall be a maximum size of 100sq.m excluding storage.
• Late night opening will only be permitted if it does not impact adversely on nearby residences.
Home-Based Economic Activity
16.86 Home based economic activity is defined as small scale commercial activity carried out by residents of
a house, being subordinate to the use of the house as a single dwelling unit and includes working from
home. The home-based activity should be ancillary to the main residential use and the resident
continues to reside in the house. The proposal shall not have any adverse impacts on the amenities of
neighbouring dwellings. In determining applications involving working from home the planning authority
will have regard to the following considerations:
• The type of business proposed;
• The nature and extent of the work;
• Reason for its location (e.g. why it is not in a designated neighbourhood/district centre etc.);
• The proposed times of operation;
• Anticipated levels of traffic generated by the proposal, accessibility, and car-parking;
• The effects on the amenities of the adjoining occupiers particularly in relation to hours of work,
noise and general disturbance;
• Members of the public in terms of numbers coming and going from the premises; at what
times; car-parking/traffic/noise generated from visiting members of the public;
• Whether the proposals requires deliveries to be received & how this will be dealt with;
• Arrangements for storage and collection of waste.
A temporary permission may be granted to enable the planning authority to monitor the impact of the
development in the area. Furthermore, thereafter, a condition may be applied requiring that the unit be
returned to residential use on the cessation of the business in question.
Hot Food Takeaways/ Fast-food Restaurants
16.87 In order to maintain an appropriate mix of uses and protect night-time amenities in a particular area, it
is the objective of Cork City Council to prevent an excessive concentration of takeaways and to ensure
that the intensity of any proposed takeaway is in keeping with both the scale of the building and the
pattern of development in the area. Within the Commercial Core Area and historic centre, a
concentration of hot food premises will not be permitted. The loss of prime retail space in the City
Centre Commercial Core Area will be resisted. The provision of hot food takeaways/fast-food
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