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install lift within Capard House, Capard House Demesne, Rosenallis, Co. Laois, R32 VH70. Capard House is a 'Protected Structure' (RPS Ref: 434_A, B, C). The proposed development consists of:- 1) careful removal of 19th Century concrete and stone floor to form an aperture for the ground floor - first floor (two-stop) platform lift to include structural trims to floor, 2) removal of sections of 'later' plastered brickwork arched wine racks, 3) re-configuration of upper-floor accommodation local to the lift enclosure (small storage room (later WC)), 4) installation of platform lift (no requirement for machine room overhead or crouch space underneath), using existing ground-floor foor ope for new lift door ope and formation of new opening for lift door at (locally reconfigured) partitions at first-floor level, 5) associated redecoration and completion works. Applicant: Capard House
Core Planning Reasoning
Failure to justify the necessity of an additional large garage and failure to address unauthorized boundary works that breached previous planning conditions.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient justification for the requirement of an additional 70sqm detached garage on a residential site that already features an existing 50sqm garage.
- The applicant failed to satisfactorily address or regularize unauthorized works involving the removal of a roadside hedgerow and its replacement with a timber panel fence, which was in direct breach of parent permission P15/567.
- The proposed development would facilitate and consolidate existing unauthorized works on-site, making it contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.