Core Refusal Reason
The proposed garden room is of excessive height and scale, resulting in overbearing impacts, loss of mature trees, and non-compliance with development plan standards for detached habitable rooms.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The structure's excessive height and scale would create an overbearing impact and a visually incongruous appearance that is out of character with the surrounding residential area.
- The proposal would result in the loss of two mature trees and a significant reduction in the provision of private open space for the existing dwelling.
- The development fails to meet the criteria set out in the County Development Plan for detached habitable rooms and would set an undesirable precedent for similar inappropriate development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 8.2.3.4(iv)
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought permission for a single-storey garden room/shed in the rear garden of 17 Heather Lawn, Rathfarnham. The local authority refused the application on the grounds that the proposed structure was of an excessive scale and height for its context. It was determined that the development would negatively impact the residential and visual amenities of adjoining properties through its overbearing nature, necessitate the removal of mature trees, and fail to comply with Section 8.2.3.4(i...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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