Core Refusal Reason
Non-compliance with rural housing policy for High Amenity (HA) zoned land, public health risks regarding wastewater treatment separation distances, and failure to meet minimum residential design standards.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to demonstrate a defined essential housing need based on farming or health circumstances required for 'HA' zoned land, making the retention of a mobile home for holiday use a material contravention of the Rural Settlement Strategy.
- The proposed extension and the mobile home to be retained breach minimum separation distances to the onsite wastewater treatment system, posing a risk to public health due to potential system overloading and lack of technical data.
- The development to be retained fails to meet the minimum quantitative standards for residential development as set out in Objective DMS24, resulting in a substandard form of development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
HA zoning objectiveObjective 32Rural Settlement StrategyObjective DMS24Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023
Decision Document Summary
The application sought planning permission for a single-storey extension and the retention of a mobile home at St Marys, Corballis, Donabate, Co. Dublin. The site is located within a High Amenity (HA) zone and a Rural Area under Strong Urban Influence. The local authority refused the application because the applicants did not demonstrate an essential housing need for an additional dwelling unit, the development encroached upon the required separation distances for the wastewater treatment system...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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