Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment on a constrained site that fails to provide adequate residential amenity, creates traffic hazards, and unnecessarily demolishes historic building stock within a sensitive landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate that the development could be constructed without creating a traffic hazard and endangering public safety through pedestrian and vehicular conflict.
- The design represents overdevelopment that would negatively impact the sensitive landscape, the setting of the protected Rush Harbour pier, and the residential amenity of neighboring properties through overlooking.
- The proposal provides insufficient private open space and fails to justify the demolition of existing historic structures which should be retained and reused under the Fingal Development Plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RS zoning objectiveObjective DMS88Objective RF64Objective CH33Objective CH37Objective DMS160
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the demolition of a derelict structure and the construction of two new units at Harbour Road, Rush, Co. Dublin, a site zoned for residential development and located within a highly sensitive landscape near a protected pier. The local authority refused permission because the project was deemed overdevelopment that would result in substandard residential amenity for future occupants and a loss of privacy for neighbors. Furthermore, the development posed a traffic safety ri...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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