Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment that provides substandard tourist accommodation, negatively impacts the Skerries Architectural Conservation Area and residential amenity through excessive scale, and fails to meet mandatory requirements for bicycle parking and design documentation.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development provides a cramped and unacceptable standard of tourist accommodation lacking appropriate unit mix, amenities, and facilities for guests and staff.
- The scale, mass, and height of the proposed extensions would result in unacceptable overbearing and overshadowing effects on neighbors and injure the character of the Skerries Architectural Conservation Area.
- The application materially contravenes bicycle parking standards and fails to provide a mandatory Design Statement required for medium to large scale developments.
Cited Policies (CDP)
TC – Town and District Centre land-use zoningObjective HCAO24Objective DMSO71Objective DMSO186Table 14.24Objective DMSO109Table 14.17Objective DMSO5
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought to convert a former retail bank at 79-81 Church Street, Skerries, into an aparthotel with new extensions. Fingal County Council refused the application primarily because the design represented a cramped overdevelopment that failed to provide adequate amenity for guests while negatively impacting the surrounding residential properties and the Architectural Conservation Area through excessive scale. Additionally, the project was found to be non-compliant with technical requirem...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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