Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate rural housing need, adverse visual impact on a high-value coastal landscape, and inappropriate encroachment into un-zoned rural land.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicants failed to demonstrate that they meet the specific rural-generated housing need criteria required for development within a 'Rural Area Under Strong Urban Influence'.
- The proposed dwelling's design, bulk, and height, combined with significant groundworks, would result in an obtrusive structure that detracts from a High Value Landscape and a designated Scenic Route.
- The extension of residential curtilage and infrastructure into un-zoned rural lands constitutes haphazard development that would set an undesirable precedent for urban encroachment.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-4RP 5-22GI 14-9GI 14-10GI 14-13GI 14-14CS-GO-08ZU 18-2ZU 18-3
Decision Document Summary
This application proposed the construction of a two-storey dwelling and wastewater treatment system at Kilmichael East, Fountainstown. The site is located in a sensitive coastal area designated as a High Value Landscape along Scenic Route S59. The Planning Authority refused permission on three grounds: the lack of a demonstrated rural housing need, the negative visual impact of the proposed design on the scenic landscape, and the inappropriate encroachment of residential development into un-zone...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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