Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate rural housing need and local linkage, alongside non-compliance with biodiversity planting requirements and site layout deficiencies.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient documentary evidence to establish a genuine rural housing need or local linkage to the area as required by the Wexford County Development Plan 2022-2028.
- The proposal does not comply with mandatory biodiversity standards, specifically the requirement to allocate 20% of the site for tree planting and ecological measures for dwellings of this scale.
- The application lacks technical clarity regarding site constraints, specifically the failure to identify necessary wayleaves on the submitted site layout plan.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Volume 1 Table 4.6Table 3-3Section 3.1.2
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for the construction of a dwelling and the temporary siting of a structure at Ask, Ballynestragh. The proposal was refused by Wexford County Council primarily because the applicant did not adequately prove their rural housing need or local connection under the current development plan criteria. Furthermore, the site layout failed to meet minimum biodiversity planting requirements and lacked necessary wayleave details, rendering the development contrary to the p...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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