Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate compliance with the rural settlement strategy and establish a genuine local housing need for a dwelling on RU-zoned lands.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to provide adequate documentary evidence to prove they have resided in the family home or the immediate locality for the required minimum period of fifteen years.
- The proposal did not sufficiently demonstrate that there are no other viable site options in closer proximity to the family home, as required by the rural housing policy.
- The development would materially contravene the 'RU' land use zoning objective of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029, which aims to protect the rural landscape and agriculture.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective SPQHO81Table 3.5 (i)Objective SPQHO89RU Zoning Objective
Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a storey and a half style dwelling at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, Swords, Co. Dublin, on lands zoned 'RU - Rural'. The Planning Authority refused the application because the applicant failed to establish a genuine rural housing need under Objective SPQHO81 and Table 3.5 of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029. Specifically, the applicant provided insufficient evidence of 15-year local residency and failed to demonstrate the lack of alternative sites closer...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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