Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in a 'Rural Area Under Strong Urban Pressure' (GTPS) and inappropriate scale/design for a sensitive Class 3 landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need or established local intrinsic links to the area, which is required for sites located within the Galway Transportation Planning Study Area (GTPS) under Objective RH01.
- The proposed two-storey dwelling, by virtue of its excessive scale, height, and massing, would result in a visually obtrusive feature that fails to assimilate into the sensitive Class 3 rural coastal landscape.
- The development would interfere with the character of the landscape and set an undesirable precedent for similar future development, contravening several landscape conservation objectives and design standards of the County Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RH01Objective RH09Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6Chapter 3Chapter 9Chapter 13Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4
Decision Document Summary
Aidan Mc Grath sought permission for a large two-storey dwelling and domestic garage at An Spidéal Láir, Co. Galway, within a Class 3 sensitive coastal landscape and the Galway Transportation Planning Study Area. The application was refused because the applicant did not meet the rural housing need criteria (Objective RH01) for this area of strong urban pressure. Additionally, the planning authority determined that the scale and design of the proposed house were inappropriate for the landscape co...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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