Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its negative visual impact on a High Value Landscape and Scenic Route, and the failure to demonstrate a substantiated local rural housing need.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The design and fenestration of the dwellinghouse are visually incongruous and would seriously injure the visual amenities of the High Value Landscape and designated Scenic Route.
- The applicant failed to provide a compelling and substantiated local rural housing need to justify a new dwelling within a 'Tourism and Rural Diversification Area'.
- The development would materially contravene specific objectives of the Cork County Development Plan 2022-2028 and fails to comply with national sustainable rural housing guidelines.
Cited Policies (CDP)
GI 14-9GI 14-12GI 14-13GI 14-14GI 14-15RP 5-5
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the construction of a dwellinghouse, garage, and wastewater system at Bofickil, Eyeries, Co. Cork. The site is located within a High Landscape Value area adjacent to a designated Scenic Route and within a 'Tourism and Rural Diversification Area'. The Planning Authority refused the application because the building's design was deemed visually intrusive and incompatible with the landscape character. Additionally, the applicant did not meet the criteria for local rural hous...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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