Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its negative visual impact on a sensitive landscape, lack of demonstrated housing need, traffic safety concerns on a substandard laneway, and potential public health risks regarding wastewater treatment.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The elevated siting would be visually obtrusive and negatively impact the 'Tara Hill Landscape of Greater Sensitivity', setting an undesirable precedent for similar development.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate an overriding need to reside in this specific sensitive location, violating rural housing and landscape protection objectives.
- The proposal constitutes a traffic hazard due to a substandard access laneway and poses a public health risk because of insufficient hydrogeological data regarding wastewater impact on nearby wells.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RH07L05L11Table 12
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a two-storey dwelling at Tarahill, Courtown, located within a designated 'Landscape of Greater Sensitivity'. Wexford County Council refused the proposal because the elevated siting would cause significant visual harm and the applicant did not prove a specific housing need for this sensitive location. Additionally, the development raised serious concerns regarding traffic safety on a narrow, substandard laneway and potential groundwater contamination of near...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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