Core Refusal Reason
Traffic safety hazards due to restricted sightlines and significant adverse visual impact on an elevated rural landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular access is poorly aligned with severely restricted sightlines, which would endanger public safety by creating a traffic hazard.
- The development's elevated and prominent positioning on an open site would result in a discordant and obtrusive feature that fails to integrate into the natural landscape.
- The proposal constitutes skyline development when viewed from multiple local roads, seriously injuring the visual amenities of the area and contravening specific rural design objectives.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RCI 6-1GI 6-1HE 4-6
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a dwellinghouse and garage at Ardacrow, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork. The local authority refused the application on two primary grounds: traffic safety and visual amenity. The planning officer determined that the site's access point lacked sufficient sightlines for safe traffic movement. Additionally, due to the site's elevated and open topography, the proposed structure was deemed to be visually intrusive, creating a 'skyline' effect that would fail to harmon...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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