Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes haphazard development on lands zoned for long-term protection, lacks justification for its back-land location, and fails to provide safe access with adequate sightlines.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development is located on lands zoned for long-term protection where residential use is restricted to the immediate family of landowners, a requirement the applicant failed to substantiate with land ownership maps.
- The selection of a back-land site represents an unjustified encroachment into strategic zoning objectives intended to prevent haphazard development in the Wexford Town environs.
- The proposed access arrangements are technically deficient, failing to achieve the required 65m sightlines and necessitating works on third-party lands without the required legal agreements or updated site boundaries.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Wexford Town and Environs Plan 2009-15 (extended)Wexford County Development Plan 2013-2019
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the erection of a fully serviced dwelling house at Craanagam, Ardcavan, on a back-land site. The location is subject to long-term zoning objectives under the Wexford Town and Environs Plan 2009-15, which seeks to protect against haphazard development by restricting new housing to those with a demonstrated local family need. The application was refused as the applicant did not provide evidence of family land ownership, failed to justify the back-land positioning, and submitt...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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