Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a local rural housing need in a sensitive upland area and potential significant environmental impacts on a nearby Natura 2000 site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient documentary evidence of a definable local rural housing need required for an 'Area Under Stronger Urban Influence'.
- The proposed two-storey dwelling is visually prominent and represents an unnecessary intrusion into a sensitive 'Uplands Landscape Character Area'.
- Inadequate information regarding the access road and its proximity to a stream creates potential for significant adverse effects on the Slaney River Valley SAC.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Table 12Section 14.4Section 18.12
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a fully serviced dwelling house and garage at Glaslacken, St. Mary's, located within an 'Area Under Stronger Urban Influence' and an 'Uplands Landscape Character Area'. The application was refused primarily because the applicant did not satisfy the local rural housing need requirements of the Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019. Additionally, the planning authority determined that the large two-storey design would be visually intrusive in a sensiti...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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