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Chapter 10: Development Management Guidelines and Standards thus may be inappropriate within the traditional town centre. As such facilities are geared towards bulky shopping such facilities must also be served by adequate car parking. 10.12 LOCAL SHOPS & PETROL FILLING STATIONS (To be read in conjunction with Chapter 5) Local shops play an important role in providing for daily top up shopping. They are also often easily accessible to the elderly and disabled. The development of such local shops should be encouraged in the smaller towns and villages in the counties and also in residential areas in the suburbs of the larger estates in the principal county towns. Such developments should be easily accessible to all sections of society. Local shops attached to petrol filling stations are a growing sector of the retail market. Such facilities do play an important role, particularly in serving some of the more isolated rural communities. However, care should be given to the development of such facilities on the edge of town centres as they may have a negative impact on established convenience outlets within the town centre. As stated in the Retail Planning Guidelines, the size (net sales area) of such retail units should not exceed 100 sq metres. New petrol stations and refurbished existing stations will be required to have a high standard of overall design and architectural layout to ensure an attractive development that integrates with and enhances its surroundings. The forecourt canopy should be integrated into the overall design and sited so that it does not dominate the surrounding buildings. Applications must be accompanied by detailed landscaping and screening proposals, providing details of the type, location and timescale of planting. Another necessity in applications is the provision of details of signage and their proposed location. Advertising should not interfere with visibility lines; be visually intrusive; or, interrupt the continuity of streetscapes. Petrol filling stations must be located on the outskirts of the town but inside the 50km or 60km speed limits and the creation of a traffic hazard must be avoided. The preferred location is on the near side of the roadway on the way out of town. However, the Council will seek to avoid the proliferation of such uses along a stretch of road, or within a particular area in a town or village where such development may result in loss of visual and residential amenity. Applications for motor fuel filling stations will not be supported by the Council where a proposal is likely to lead to an impairment of the visual or residential amenity of the area through intrusive commercial frontage and signage, nuisance, disturbance or excessive traffic movements. Where petrol filling stations are proposed in rural areas, traffic safety will be of paramount importance. They would be best placed in villages or in close proximity to other compatible uses such as shops and post offices etc. The expansion or addition to existing such businesses would be preferable. A road frontage of at least 21.5 m is required for a new petrol station. The frontage must be kept clear of any structures (with the exception of the boundary wall) for a depth of not less than 4.5 m from the street or roadside boundary of the site. No pump, hose pipe or other service may be situated less than 4.5 m from the street or roadside boundary of the site, nor may it be adapted to serve a vehicle standing on the public street. Where petrol pumps and other services are sited not less than 9m from the street or roadside boundary of the site, the street frontage of the station may be reduced to 12m. The station should not have more than two vehicular openings onto a street. The width of each opening should not exceed 7.5m. The street or roadside boundary of the station shall be defined, except at openings, by a wall or railing to a height of not less than 0.5m over the level of the adjoining street. Kerbs and footpaths shall be dished in accordance with the detailed requirements of the Roads Authority. The following standards must be observed in relation to the siting of filling stations near a junction: • where the street width is greater than 15m a vehicle entrance or exit shall not be sited nearer to a road junction than 33.5m, in the case of a junction with a street 15m in width or over, or 23m in the case of a junction with a street of between 7.5m and 15m in width; Elphin Local Area Plan 2009-2015 Page 132
Chapter 10: Development Management Guidelines and Standards • where the street width is less than 15m a vehicle entrance or exit shall not be sited nearer to a road junction than 23m in the case of a junction with another street 7.5m in width or over; • where the junction occurs on the opposite side of the street from the petrol station site, no vehicle entrance or exit may be sited nearer than 23m to the junction where the width of the intersecting street exceeds 7.5 m; • where the street is of a dual-carriageway type, no break in the central strip shall be permitted under any circumstances to serve the petrol station. Persons intending to seek permission for the development of a new motor fuel station are advised to consult with the Fire Officer in relation to the installations for the storage and distribution of dangerous substances. 10.13 PUBS / NIGHTCLUBS / AMUSEMENTS CENTRES Applications for the above uses shall be considered with regard to the following issues: • The amenities of nearby residents, i.e. noise, general disturbance, hours of operation, litter and fumes. • Prevent an excessive concentration of any of the above uses in a particular area. • Noise at the boundaries will be carefully monitored and noise insulation measures will be required at the time of the submission of the planning application. An important consideration for the local authority is the number and frequency of events in such facilities. • The planning authority shall insist that proper litter control measures are in place prior to the opening of any premises. • The larger leisure complexes which contain a mix of uses, e.g. cinema, bowling, and restaurant, will be treated on their merits 10.14 FAST FOOD OUTLETS/ TAKE-AWAYS Proposals for the development of these facilities will generally only be acceptable in areas of mixed use activity such as town or village centres. The cumulative impact of a number of take-away restaurants in any particular area will be considered in the assessment of any application. Impacts such as noise, litter, disturbance and traffic, will also be taken into consideration. Stringent controls will be applied with regard to litter collection and façade design. The latter may necessitate the alteration of corporate images in order to assimilate into the character of the area. The Planning Authority will impose restrictions on opening hours as a condition of planning permission. 10.15 AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES The provision of automatic teller machines (ATMs) will be strictly regulated, having regard to the following: • The need to protect the character of the building or shopfront they are to be incorporated into, in particular, Protected Structures/Architectural Conservation Areas. • The design and location must be such that they are accessible to all. • In general, there should not be more than one ATM in any one shopfront so as to avoid the creation of a dead shopfront. • The need to control the amount of litter generated by these machines. In principal, shopping streets, where Protected Structures and Architectural Conservation Areas are widespread, electronic receipts only should be available • Signs and logos shall be discreetly incorporated into the overall design. • The avoidance of a traffic hazard. Elphin Local Area Plan 2009-2015 Page 133
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