Core Planning Reasoning
The Inspector recommended a grant of permission, concluding that the revised contemporary design and reduced scale successfully address previous concerns of overdevelopment, ensuring the infill dwelling integrates into the mature streetscape without significantly harming neighbor amenities or traffic safety.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The revised footprint and simplified contemporary design overcome previous refusal reasons related to overdevelopment and inappropriate scale, providing a compatible solution for the corner site.
- Potential impacts regarding overbearing, overshadowing, and overlooking are successfully mitigated through first-floor setbacks, limited parapet height, and the use of frosted glazing on specific windows.
- The proposed vehicular entrance and on-site parking, while slightly above indicative standards, are acceptable given local parking demand and will not pose a risk to traffic safety.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Zoning Objective AChapter 16Section 16.10Table 16.1 (Area 3 Parking Standards)Section 48 of the Planning and Development Act 2000
Decision Document Summary
This report pertains to an appeal against Dublin City Council's decision to grant permission for a detached two-storey, three-bedroom house on a side garden site at No. 429 Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9. The site is a corner plot with a second frontage onto 'The Rise'. A previous application on this site was refused by An Bord Pleanála for overdevelopment. In this revised proposal, the applicant reduced the footprint and adopted a flat-roofed contemporary design. The Inspector evaluated objections f...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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