Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development would result in significant injury to the visual and scenic amenities of a designated High Value Landscape and materially contravenes specific County Development Plan objectives regarding rural integration and landscape protection.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The site is located on elevated, open ground within a High Value Landscape where the proposed dwelling fails to respect the character, pattern, and limited absorption capacity of the sensitive environment.
- The proposal represents incongruous backland development due to its immediate proximity to an existing dwelling and lacks the necessary natural shelter to integrate into the rural landscape fold.
- If permitted, the dwelling would create a visually prominent and obtrusive skyline feature, causing unnecessary injury to the scenic amenities of the wider rural landscape setting.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-22GI 14-9
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed the retention of a mobile home and the construction of a new dwelling house at Cooranuller, Skibbereen, located within a High Value Landscape. The Planning Authority refused the proposal on the grounds that the site was not the optimum location within the family landholding and the design was out of keeping with the rural pattern. The development was considered to be an obtrusive backland proposal that would result in skyline development, thereby materially contravening...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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