Core Refusal Reason
Substandard residential amenity due to poor internal layout and inadequate daylight in the primary living areas.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The internal layout and limited daylight for the ground floor kitchen/living/dining area provide a substandard level of residential amenity for future occupiers.
- The proposal is contrary to Section 5.3.1 of the 'Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities - Best Practice Guidelines for Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities' (2007).
- Granting permission would set a poor precedent for similar substandard developments and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed a development at 114a Georges Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. The local authority refused permission because the proposed internal layout and the very limited availability of daylight for the ground floor kitchen, living, and dining areas would result in a substandard level of residential amenity. The decision noted that the development failed to meet national best practice guidelines for housing quality and would establish an undesirable precedent for the area,...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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