Core Refusal Reason
Traffic safety concerns due to insufficient visibility splays and negative visual impact on an elevated backland site.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate sufficient control over land required to maintain necessary visibility splays, creating a traffic hazard.
- The proposal constitutes haphazard backland development on an elevated site that fails to respect the existing landscape character or pattern of development.
- The development would injure visual amenities, fail to protect skylines/ridgelines, and set an undesirable precedent for similar disorderly development.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective RP 5-22Objective GI 14-9
Decision Document Summary
This application sought permission for a new dwelling house at Ballyfireen, Grenagh, Co. Cork, situated on an elevated backland site. The local authority refused the proposal primarily because the applicant could not guarantee the required visibility splays for safe road access. Additionally, the development was deemed to be visually intrusive and inconsistent with the rural character and established development patterns of the area, contravening specific objectives of the Cork County Developmen...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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