Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a rural housing need in a sensitive landscape area, combined with substandard design and haphazard siting.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with Policy Objective RH 4 regarding rural housing need for a first home in the open countryside within a Landscape Classification 3 area.
- The design and materiality of the dwelling do not align with the Design Guidelines for the Single Rural House and fail to assimilate appropriately into the rural setting.
- The siting of the development to the rear of an agricultural building represents haphazard and disorderly development that is out of character with the established pattern of development in the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective RH 4Policy Objective RH 9DM Standard 1DM Standard 8DM Standard 10Policy Objective RC 2Policy Objective RH 3Policy Objective RH 5DM Standard 46
Decision Document Summary
Martin Walsh sought retention permission for a single-storey two-bedroom apartment, septic tank, and domestic garage, plus permission to relocate a boundary wall at Ballynacloghy Maree, Oranmore. The site is situated within the GCTPS and a Special Landscape Sensitivity area. Galway County Council refused the application primarily because the applicant did not substantiate a rural housing need under Policy Objective RH 4. Additionally, the planning authority found the development's design to be s...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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