Core Refusal Reason
The vehicular entrance width of 4.8 metres exceeds the maximum permitted standard of 3.6 metres set out in the Dublin City Development Plan.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular entrance width of 4.8 metres is significantly in excess of the 3.6-metre maximum limit permitted under the current Development Plan.
- The development would endanger public safety and set an undesirable precedent for the excessive removal of front garden boundaries in the area.
- The retention of the widened access would result in serious injury to the amenity of the area and is contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the locality.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Appendix 5 of the 2016-2022 Dublin City Development Plan
Decision Document Summary
This application sought retention planning permission for an extended and widened vehicular access at 10 Ardcollum Avenue, Artane, Dublin 5. Dublin City Council refused the application because the entrance width of 4.8 metres violates the standards set in Appendix 5 of the 2016-2022 Dublin City Development Plan, which limits such entrances to 3.6 metres. The refusal was based on the development's potential to endanger public safety, its negative impact on the visual amenity of the streetscape th...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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