Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with rural housing need criteria, combined with traffic safety hazards and inappropriate architectural design for a rural area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to provide sufficient documentary evidence to demonstrate compliance with the Rural Settlement Strategy required for the 'RU – Rural' zoning objective.
- The proposed development would endanger public safety by creating a traffic hazard due to substandard sightlines at the site.
- The architectural design is considered inappropriate for a rural setting and would be seriously injurious to the visual amenities of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective SPQHO81Policy SPQHP46Table 14.9Objective SPQH084Objective GINH084
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of two detached two-storey houses at Milverton, Skerries, Co. Dublin, on lands zoned 'RU - Rural'. The application was refused by the planning authority as the applicants did not provide verifiable evidence of a rural housing need, thereby contravening the Fingal Development Plan's settlement strategy. Furthermore, the development was deemed a traffic hazard due to poor visibility at the entrance and was criticized for an unsuitable design that failed to re...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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