Core Refusal Reason
The development is visually intrusive and incongruous within a highly sensitive landscape and Special Amenity Area, interfering with preserved views and contravening specific landscape protection objectives.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The structure is visually intrusive and represents an incongruous form of development within a Coastal Landscape Character Area of exceptional value and the Howth Special Amenity Area Order.
- The development interferes with preserved views and prospects of special amenity value along Thormanby Road and adjacent walkways, contravening objectives intended to protect sensitive landscapes.
- Granting retention would establish an undesirable precedent that would cumulatively erode the distinctive character and visual amenities of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective GINH059Objective GINHO57Objective GINH058Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029Howth Special Amenity Area Order (SAAO)
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought retention permission for a 36.9 sq.m single-storey detached structure at Long Acre, Thormanby Road, Howth. The site is situated in a highly sensitive Coastal Landscape Character Area and within the Howth Special Amenity Area Order (SAAO). The planning authority refused the application on the grounds that the development is visually intrusive, conflicts with preserved views, and contravenes Fingal Development Plan objectives GINH057, GINH058, and GINH059, which seek to protect...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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