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(1) Change of use from farm building to residential use (180.0 sq.m), (2) Extension to rear of building (49.0 sq.m), (3) Waste water treatment system and percolation area, (4) Bored well, (5) Existing entrance and access road to family home and surrounding land and building, (6) All associated site works

Refused

Core Refusal Reason

The applicant failed to demonstrate a bona fide rural housing need for a dwelling in a High Amenity area, and the proposal constitutes substandard backland development that consolidates unauthorized structures and negatively impacts the rural character.

Decision Maker's Conclusion

  • The applicant failed to provide sufficient documentary evidence to establish a bona fide functional, social, or economic need to reside in the open countryside as required by Objective CPO6.41 of the County Development Plan.
  • The proposed development, by virtue of its elevated location, excessive driveway length, and backland nature, would form an incongruous feature that diminishes the rural character and visual amenities of the High Amenity landscape.
  • The proposal represents the consolidation of unauthorized development on a site where structures were built without planning permission, which would undermine planning regulations and set an undesirable precedent for suburban sprawl.

Cited Policies (CDP)

Section 6.4Objective CPO6.41Objective CPO6.3Objective CPO6.1Objective CPO6.44Objective CPO6.45Objective CPO 13.16Objective CPO 17.35Table 6.3Wicklow Single Rural Houses Design Guide

Decision Document Summary

The application sought permission for the retention and extension of a converted farm building for residential use, along with a new wastewater system and well at Mount Wood, Corsillagh, Newtownmountkennedy. The site is located within a designated Area of High Amenity (North East Mountain Lowlands). Wicklow County Council refused the proposal primarily because the applicant did not demonstrate compliance with rural housing need criteria. Furthermore, the development was deemed to be substandard ...
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