Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to traffic safety concerns regarding a substandard entrance on a regional road and insufficient technical documentation to prove the site's suitability for a wastewater treatment system.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed site entrance onto the R347 Regional Road is unsatisfactory due to restricted forward sight distance for right-turning vehicles, which would create a traffic hazard and endanger public safety.
- Achieving the required visibility splays would necessitate significant intervention on a heavily trafficked route, including the felling of a substantial quantity of mature trees, which would set an undesirable precedent for rural development.
- The absence of a completed Site Characterisation Assessment means the Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposed wastewater treatment system would adequately manage effluent, potentially endangering public health and contravening DM Standard 29.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RH01Objective RHO 9Objective FL1Objective NHB 1Objective NHB 2Objective NHB 11Objective DS 6Objective WS 13Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6DM Standard 8DM Standard 20DM Standard 27DM Standard 28DM Standard 29DM Standard 41Section 3.7Section 3.9Section 6.6Section 6.10Section 8.6 & 8.7Section 9.9Section 9.10 & 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4Section 13.11
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission for a 260 sqm two-storey dwelling and wastewater treatment system at Carrowgarriff North, Kinvara, Co. Galway, located within a 'Rural Area Under Strong Urban Pressure'. Although the applicant met the local housing need requirements of Objective RH01, the proposal was refused on technical grounds. The Planning Authority determined that the proposed entrance on the R347 Regional Road was unsafe due to poor sightlines and that the necessary remedial works would nega...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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