Core Refusal Reason
Traffic safety hazards, non-compliance with mobile home siting policies in sensitive landscapes, and insufficient wastewater treatment information.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the required 135-metre sightlines could be achieved at the proposed entrance onto a Regional Road, posing a significant traffic hazard.
- The retention of a mobile home in the Screen Hills, a landscape of greater sensitivity, contravenes Objective TM34 and would lead to haphazard development injurious to rural and visual amenity.
- The Planning Authority was unable to fully assess the public health implications of the development due to insufficient information regarding the existing septic tank system.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective TM34
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a detached dwelling and the retention of a mobile home at Kilmacoe, Ardcolm, within the sensitive Screen Hills landscape. The application was refused because the proposed access onto a Regional Road lacked adequate sightlines, creating a traffic hazard. Furthermore, the retention of a mobile home on a single plot was deemed contrary to Wexford County Development Plan policies regarding rural amenity, and the lack of technical data on wastewater treatment raised...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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