Core Refusal Reason
The application was refused because the applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in an 'Area Under Strong Urban Influence' as per Fingal Development Plan objectives, and the development would create a traffic hazard due to inadequate sightlines and substandard access on a narrow rural road.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant does not meet the eligibility criteria for a rural dwelling under Objective RF39 and Table RF03(i) of the Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023, particularly as a family member has already been granted permission on the family holding since 1999.
- The proposed development would endanger public safety by reason of a traffic hazard because the existing entrance and restricted sightlines onto the narrow rural road are inadequate for the intensification of use required by an additional dwelling.
- Granting permission would materially contravene the 'RU' zoning objective and establish an undesirable precedent for ad hoc backland residential development in an area under significant urban pressure.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RF08Objective RF26Objective RF27Objective RF33Objective RF39Table RF03Objective RF57Objective SS01Objective SS07Objective DMS129
Decision Document Summary
This Inspector's Report concerns an appeal against Fingal County Council's refusal of retention permission for a 98 sq. m. single-storey dwelling and planning permission for a new wastewater treatment system at Drishoge, Oldtown, Co. Dublin. The 0.3ha site is located in a rural backland setting behind the applicant's family home. The Inspector's primary arguments center on the 'RU - Rural' zoning and the site's location within an 'Area Under Strong Urban Influence'. The applicant failed to prove...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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