Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to its negative visual impact on a sensitive rural landscape and its contribution to unsustainable, haphazard suburbanisation in an unzoned area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed dwelling would be a discordant and incongruous feature on a sloping, open site, failing to integrate into the landscape and harming visual and scenic amenities.
- The development would consolidate an excessive concentration of haphazard rural housing, exacerbating suburbanisation and eroding the rural character of the vicinity.
- The proposal would create an undesirable infill site and lead to increased demand for the uneconomic provision of public services in an area where such services are not planned.
Cited Policies (CDP)
GI 14-9
Decision Document Summary
The application proposed the construction of a detached dwelling and garage at Ballinvarrig, Minane Bridge, Co. Cork, on a site characterized by sloping topography and panoramic northern views. The planning authority refused the development because it would result in a visually intrusive feature that fails to respect the rural environment, specifically contravening policy objective GI 14-9 of the County Development Plan. Furthermore, the project was seen as contributing to an unwarranted pattern...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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