Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment that fails to meet residential design standards for infill sites and negatively impacts the landscape character of the Royal Canal natural heritage area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed development fails to satisfy specific design criteria for corner or infill development, resulting in a poor-quality layout that would seriously injure the visual amenities of the area.
- The scale and design of the dwellings represent overdevelopment that materially contravenes the 'RS' zoning objective to protect and improve residential amenity.
- The size, bulk, and insufficient separation distance of the buildings would adversely interfere with the landscape character of the Royal Canal, which is a proposed natural heritage area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RS Zoning ObjectiveObjective DMSO31Objective DMSO32Objective HCAO49Fingal Development Plan 2023 – 2029
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for two detached, three-storey dwellings on a vacant site at the southern end of Weavers Walk, Clonsilla. The local authority refused the application on the grounds that the scale and layout constituted overdevelopment and failed to meet the design standards for infill housing set out in the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029. Furthermore, due to the site's location adjacent to the Royal Canal, a proposed natural heritage area, the development was deemed to have a d...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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