Core Refusal Reason
The proposal fails to meet fundamental planning requirements regarding traffic safety on a national road, rural housing need in a pressured area, and minimum standards for site size and building line setbacks.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development would create a new access onto the N59 National Secondary Road within a 100km/hr speed limit zone, creating a traffic hazard and interfering with the safety and free flow of traffic on a national route.
- The applicants failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need for a dwelling in an area identified as being under strong urban influence, which would lead to haphazard development and the erosion of the rural environment.
- The proposal is substandard in its physical parameters, failing to meet the minimum site size of 0.3ha and the required 40m building line setback, while also lacking a necessary archaeological assessment for its proximity to a recorded monument.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 16.1.2Section 12Section 6.2 Table 2Section 2.3.1
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the construction of a single-storey dwelling and domestic garage at Derryloughan More, Newport, on a 0.15ha site located along the N59. Mayo County Council refused permission based on seven comprehensive reasons. The primary concerns involved traffic safety risks associated with a new access onto a high-speed national secondary road and the prematurity of the development pending the N59 Westport-Mulranny Road Project. Furthermore, the development was deemed contrary to t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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