Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development is out of scale, proportion, and character with the Skerries Architectural Conservation Area (ACA) and would result in significant overbearance and overshadowing of neighboring residential properties.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The mock-Georgian architectural style and massing would result in unacceptable visual incongruity within the Skerries ACA and injure the visual amenity of the public realm.
- The proposed dwelling's height and proximity to northern boundaries would cause significant overbearance and overshadowing of neighboring rear gardens on Balbriggan Street.
- The required design changes are so fundamental that they cannot be addressed by planning conditions and would necessitate a complete redesign via a new application.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Table 14.4 (Infill Development)Table 14.24 (Direction for Proposed Development within ACAs)Policy HCAP14 (Architectural Conservation Areas)Policy HCAP15 (Character of ACAs)Policy HCAP23 (Heritage-led Regeneration)Objective DMSO31 (Infill Development)Objective HCAO38 (Infill Development)Objective SPQHO42 (Underutilised Infill, Corner and Backland Sites)Objective DMSO186 (Retention of Existing Building Stock within an ACA)Section 14.10.1 (Corner/Infill Development)
Decision Document Summary
This report pertains to a first-party appeal against Fingal County Council's decision to refuse permission for a detached two-storey, 2-bed dwelling and garage on a backland site at 10 Thomas Hand Street, Skerries. The site is located within the Skerries Town Centre Architectural Conservation Area (ACA). The Inspector dismissed the Planning Authority's first reason for refusal regarding an 'extant stone structure,' finding it to be an insubstantial boundary wall rather than a building requiring ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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