Core Refusal Reason
The structure functions as an unauthorized independent residential unit in a rural zone, failing to meet the criteria for garden rooms and contravening rural settlement policies.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The internal layout and external design of the outbuilding indicate it serves as a separate unit of accommodation rather than an ancillary garden room.
- The applicant failed to provide documentary evidence demonstrating compliance with the specific criteria required for such structures under the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029.
- Retention of the structure would materially contravene the 'RU - Rural' zoning objective and set an undesirable precedent for similar unauthorized developments in the rural area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Section 14.10.4 Garden RoomsRU – Rural land use zoning objectiveRural Settlement Strategy
Decision Document Summary
The application sought retention planning permission for a detached outbuilding at Cornstown, Ashbourne, Co. Dublin. The local authority refused the application on the grounds that the structure's design and layout effectively create an independent dwelling unit, which fails to comply with Section 14.10.4 regarding Garden Rooms. The development was found to materially contravene the 'RU - Rural' land use zoning and the Rural Settlement Strategy of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029, as it lac...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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