Core Refusal Reason
The proposal represents overdevelopment of a restricted backland site that would negatively impact residential and visual amenities, provide substandard living conditions, and create a traffic hazard on a regional road.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development constitutes overdevelopment of a restricted site, resulting in visual dominance, overlooking of neighboring properties, and substandard residential amenity for future occupants due to limited floor area and inadequate private open space.
- The proposed shared vehicular entrance on the R829 Glenageary Road Upper would result in a dis-improvement of the county road network, contrary to specific transport policy objectives.
- The layout and location of the proposed access would create a traffic hazard, endanger public safety, and set an undesirable precedent for similar developments in the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 12.3.7.6 Backland DevelopmentLand use zoning objective 'A'Policy Objective T23: Roads and Streets
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for residential development and footpath modifications at 7 Sharavogue, Glenageary. The proposal was refused by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council primarily because it was deemed an overdevelopment of a backland site that would be visually intrusive and detrimental to the privacy of adjacent residents. Additionally, the planning authority found that the proposed dwellings offered poor residential standards for future occupants and that the new vehicular acce...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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