Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need in a sensitive coastal landscape, combined with inappropriate design, haphazard siting, and environmental concerns regarding wastewater concentration.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with rural housing need requirements (Policy Objective RH 4) for a dwelling in a Class 3 Landscape of Special Sensitivity.
- The design, materiality, and haphazard backland-style siting of the dwelling are contrary to rural design guidelines and fail to integrate into the established character of the coastal landscape.
- The development would result in an excessive concentration of private effluent treatment systems over a regionally important aquifer and would perpetuate existing unauthorised development on the site.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 2Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 9Policy Objective RH 14DM Standard 7DM Standard 8DM Standard 46LCM 1LCM 2LCM 3DM Standard 1
Decision Document Summary
The applicant sought retention permission for a two-storey dwelling, shed, and septic tank at Ballynacloghy, Oranmore, a site located within a sensitive coastal landscape and the GCTPS area. The proposal was refused as the applicant did not establish a functional rural housing need for the location. Furthermore, the Planning Authority determined that the dwelling's design and haphazard siting were out of character with the area, and the reliance on a private wastewater system in an area of high ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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