Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a rural-generated housing need and inappropriate design/scale for the rural landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate compliance with the Fingal Rural Settlement Strategy, specifically regarding rural-based employment or close family ties.
- The scale, size, and design of the proposed dwelling are considered incongruous and out of character with the established pattern of development in the rural area.
- The development would be seriously injurious to the visual and rural amenities of the area and would materially contravene specific objectives of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029.
Cited Policies (CDP)
3.5.15.3Objective SPQHO81Objective DMSO41Objective DMSO43Section 14.12.3Table 14.9
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a two-storey dwelling house at Blacklands, Loughshinny, Skerries. Fingal County Council refused the application on two primary grounds: first, the applicant did not provide sufficient evidence of a rural-generated housing need as required by the Fingal Rural Settlement Strategy; and second, the proposed structure was deemed to be of an obtrusive scale and unsympathetic design that would negatively impact the visual character and rural amenities of the receiving...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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