Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to the applicant's failure to demonstrate a rural housing need, significant traffic safety concerns regarding the use of an agricultural access road, visual obtrusiveness in a sensitive coastal landscape, and the lack of adequate assessments for flood risk and environmental impacts on a nearby Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to establish a proven rural housing need or long-standing local intrinsic rural links to the specific Carraroe catchment area as required by the Galway County Development Plan.
- The proposed access via a private agricultural roadway contravenes a previous planning condition (Ref. 14/1083) and would result in haphazard turning movements, creating a traffic hazard at the junction with the public road.
- The development would be a visually obtrusive feature in an open, exposed Class 3 coastal landscape and lacks essential site-specific Flood Risk and Environmental Impact assessments to protect the Kilkieran Bay & Islands SAC.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RH01Objective RHO 3Objective RHO 9Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6Policy FL 1Policy FL 4Objective FL 1Objective FL 3Objective FL 4Objective NHB 1Objective NHB 2Objective DS 6Objective AFF 5DM Standard 40
Decision Document Summary
Katharina & Marcus Ó Conaire sought permission for a 210 sq m dwelling, a wastewater treatment system, and the change of use of an existing agricultural access road at An Cheathrú Rua Thuaidh, Carraroe, Co. Galway. The site is situated in a sensitive Class 3 coastal landscape and adjoins the Kilkieran Bay and Islands SAC. Galway County Council refused the proposal because the applicants did not meet the rural housing eligibility criteria for the area. Furthermore, the planning authority cited tr...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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