Core Refusal Reason
Unjustified overprovision of car parking in an accessible urban location and detrimental impact on visual and residential amenity.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The provision of additional vehicular access and parking spaces represents an unjustified overprovision of car parking in an accessible urban location, violating SPPR 3 of the Compact Settlements Guidelines 2024.
- Replacing the front garden with a parking area would negatively impact the residential and visual amenity of the subject site and neighboring properties.
- The development would depreciate property values in the vicinity and contravenes the zoning objectives of the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed a new 3m wide vehicular access and parking area at 7-8 Summerhill Road, Dun Laoghaire. The Planning Authority refused the development on two primary grounds: first, that it constitutes an overprovision of parking in an accessible urban area contrary to the Compact Settlements Guidelines (2024); and second, that the conversion of the front garden into a parking area would cause significant injury to the visual and residential amenities of the area while contravening the l...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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