Core Refusal Reason
Overdevelopment of a restricted site resulting in adverse impacts on residential amenity, traffic safety hazards, and inadequate provision of open space and parking.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development constitutes overdevelopment of a restricted site that would negatively impact the residential amenities of neighboring properties to the north and west through overshadowing and overlooking.
- The scheme creates a significant traffic hazard due to poor pedestrian-vehicular inter-visibility at the entrance and fails to provide sufficient public open space or car parking for future residents.
- The applicant failed to demonstrate sufficient legal title or access rights to the internal road serving the site, and the proposal would set an undesirable precedent for similar substandard infill developments.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective PM44
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for an infill development of three two-storey detached houses on a site adjacent to Cloch Choirneal in Balrothery, Co. Dublin. Fingal County Council refused the proposal on the grounds that it represented overdevelopment of a constrained site, which would compromise the privacy and amenity of adjoining residents and contravene the Fingal Development Plan. Additionally, the decision cited critical deficiencies in traffic safety, public open space, and parking pr...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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