Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused due to traffic safety hazards arising from inadequate sightlines at the proposed entrance and the negative visual impact of a two-storey dwelling on an exposed, high-sensitivity landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular access is considered a traffic hazard because the required 70-meter sightlines cannot be achieved on this narrow section of road near a sharp bend, contravening DM Standard 20.
- The two-storey design fails to integrate effectively into the Class 3 high-sensitivity rural landscape, which is locally elevated and exposed, thereby interfering with the visual amenity of the area.
- The development would materially contravene several landscape and rural housing objectives of the Galway County Development Plan 2015-2021, specifically Objectives RH09, LCM 1, LCM 2, and DM Standard 6.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RH01Objective RH09Objective LCM 1Objective LCM 2DM Standard 6DM Standard 20Section 9.10.1Section 9.11Section 13.3Section 13.4
Decision Document Summary
Siobhan Joyce applied for permission to construct a 278 sq.m. two-storey dwelling and domestic garage on a 0.2971 ha site at Carrowbrowne, Co. Galway. The site is located within a Class 3 high-sensitivity landscape and a Rural Area Under Strong Urban Pressure (GTPS). Although the applicant successfully demonstrated a rural housing need, the Planning Authority refused the proposal because the proposed entrance lacked safe sightlines on a narrow road and the scale of the house on an elevated site ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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