Core Refusal Reason
The development was refused due to its incongruous industrial scale within a rural landscape and the failure to demonstrate that noise emissions would not adversely impact residential amenity.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development's industrial character and scale would be visually obtrusive and contrary to the 'RU' rural zoning objective of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029.
- The applicant failed to provide a noise assessment in accordance with BS4142:2019 or confirm essential mitigation measures, resulting in predicted night-time noise exceedances at sensitive locations.
- The submission did not adequately assess the cumulative noise impacts with the adjacent permitted Strategic Infrastructure Development, posing an unacceptable risk to residential amenity.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RU – Rural land-use zoning objective
Decision Document Summary
Energia Renewables Development Limited proposed a ten-year permission for a development in the rural townland of Fieldstown, County Dublin. The application was refused by the local authority because the industrial nature and scale of the project were deemed visually incompatible with the rural landscape and the specific 'RU' zoning objectives. Additionally, the planning authority found the noise impact data insufficient, noting a lack of proper methodology (BS4142:2019), unconfirmed mitigation s...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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