26/0294
Planning Permission for a temporary 3-year planning permission for the retention of an apartment and an outbuilding (previously permitted as a domestic garage under planning ref 05/3742) Planning permission for these structures to be used as a domestic garage and outbuilding, ancillary to the use of the main dwelling after this period. Planning permission for the removal of two existing septic tanks and the installation of two no. waste water treatment units and percolation areas and all associate site works
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal seeks to facilitate two independent residential units on a site permitted for only one, resulting in a material contravention of previous planning conditions, an unnecessary proliferation of wastewater systems, and significant traffic safety hazards on a national road.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The installation of two wastewater treatment units would facilitate the unauthorized use of two separate dwellings on a site where planning history and previous conditions explicitly limit occupation to a single residential unit.
- The development would result in an intensification of use of an existing access onto the N71 National Secondary Road in a 100 km/hr zone with restricted sightlines, endangering public safety and contravening national and local transport policies.
- The proposal represents a material contravention of Condition No. 2 of PL04.214387, which required the original cottage to be used only for storage or purposes incidental to the main dwelling, thereby preventing an unsustainable proliferation of services and residential density.