Core Refusal Reason
The proposed development of 10 detached dwellings was refused due to excessive height, scale, and massing, which would result in an unacceptable overbearing impact on neighboring properties and fail to protect existing residential amenities.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The overall height, scale, massing, and site layout of the 10 detached dwellings would create an unacceptable overbearing impact on adjoining properties to the north, east, and south.
- The development contravenes Zoning Objective 'A' of the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028, which seeks to protect and improve existing residential amenities.
- Permitting the development would set an undesirable precedent for similar projects that negatively impact the proper planning and sustainable development of the established residential area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Zoning Objective 'A'
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought the demolition of an existing residential dwelling, 'Ashley', on Hainault Road, Foxrock, to be replaced by a development of 10 detached houses. Situated in an established residential area zoned Objective 'A', the application was refused because the scale and configuration of the proposed dwellings were deemed too intensive for the site. The local authority concluded that the project would significantly diminish the residential amenity of neighboring properties through overbea...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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