Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to excessive scale and design impacting residential amenity, lack of legal consent for shared boundary works, encroachment on public infrastructure, traffic safety concerns, and failure to address archaeological heritage.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The extension's scale and design are excessive for the town-centre context, causing significant overshadowing, overlooking, and loss of privacy for neighboring properties.
- The application lacks necessary legal consents for works on shared boundaries and fails to provide adequate protection zones for a shared backyard sewer, posing a potential public health hazard.
- The proposed widening of the access interferes with protected views and traffic safety, while the absence of an Archaeological Heritage Impact Assessment prevents assessment of impacts on a recorded monument.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Chapter 11.2.11 of the Enniscorthy Town and Environs Development Plan 2008-2014Section 18.13.1 of the Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019Objective EV024 of the Enniscorthy Town and Environs Development Plan 2008-2014Chapter 9.1 of the Enniscorthy Town and Environs Development Plan 2008-2014Chapter 11.1 of the Enniscorthy Town and Environs Development Plan 2008-2014Chapter 11.4 of the Enniscorthy Town and Environs Development Plan 2008-2014Section 18.29 of the Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019Section 18.24 of the Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019Objective AH04 of the Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a rear extension and the widening of a pedestrian access at a dwelling in Enniscorthy Urban. The Planning Authority refused the development on multiple grounds, primarily citing its excessive scale and negative impact on the residential amenities of adjacent properties. Furthermore, the proposal failed to provide sufficient legal clarity regarding shared boundary works, encroached upon a shared sewer, and presented traffic safety risks by interfering with p...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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