Core Refusal Reason
Failure to demonstrate a rural housing need, environmental unsuitability regarding wastewater treatment, and negative visual impact on a high-value coastal landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The applicant failed to demonstrate a genuine rural-generated housing need based on social or economic links to the specific local area as required by policy RP 5-4.
- The development represents an excessive concentration of development in a high-value coastal area with inadequate wastewater treatment separation distances, posing a risk to public health and the environment.
- The retention of a prefabricated portacabin structure is visually intrusive and fails to respect or integrate into the sensitive coastal landscape of Kinsale Harbour.
Cited Policies (CDP)
RP 5-4Section 5.6RP 5-23RP 5-22GI 14-9GI 14-10
Decision Document Summary
This application sought the retention of a portacabin used as a dwelling and an associated septic tank at Preghane, Kinsale, Co. Cork. The site is located within a 'Rural Area Under Strong Urban Influence' and a 'high' value coastal landscape. The proposal was refused because the applicant did not meet the eligibility criteria for rural housing, the site was deemed unsuitable for permanent habitation due to development density and environmental risks regarding wastewater disposal, and the struct...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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