Core Refusal Reason
The proposal fails to demonstrate a genuine rural housing need and would negatively impact a sensitive high-amenity landscape while creating traffic hazards on a substandard road network.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development would result in the incremental erosion of the character of the Dublin Mountains High Amenity Zone and the Athgoe and Saggart Hills Landscape Character Area, materially contravening landscape protection policies.
- The applicant failed to establish a clear economic or social necessity to reside in this rural area under strong urban influence, contrary to local, regional, and national planning frameworks.
- The proposed development would endanger public safety due to the substandard nature of the local road network and potential risks to public health from unproven foul effluent disposal suitability.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy H23H23 Objective 1Policy H16Policy H19H19 Objective 1Policy CS1Policy CS11
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the construction of a bungalow, garage, and associated services at Raheen, Brittas, Co. Dublin, a site located within the sensitive Dublin Mountains High Amenity Zone. The planning authority refused permission because the development would haphazardly erode the rural character and protected views of the landscape. Furthermore, the applicant did not demonstrate a compliance-based social or economic need for rural housing, and the proposal was deemed a traffic hazard due t...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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